April Postcards from Symi

Lush new vine leaves reaching for the sky from this old courtyard on the Kali Strata.  This is when we switch from making dolmades with cabbage leaves to the better known ones made with fresh vine leaves.

The Vapori bar is open for the summer and Bella Napoli has rolled up the plastic tent and switched to summer mode.  The greengrocer is, of course, open all year round.

The fuel ship, preparing to come stern to in Yialos.  It is too big to come in at the bunkering jetty at the fuel station so the fuel is driven round the harbour in tankers. 

Judging by the paint swatch below, perhaps somebody else apart from myself thought that radiant raspberry might be a bit dazzling for the largest building on Symi.  No, it is not a fire station - it is our new undercover sports facility.

Wow.

Still no signs of life at the Windmill Restaurant in Chorio but it should be opening in a few weeks, once the weather is guaranteed to be settled.  I don't know about you but I find the pink of the oleanders particularly attractive when juxtaposed with the delicate green of the doors and gates.

Another one of my favourite views, from the top corner of the Kali Strata, before one begins the descent to Yialos.  The Diagoras was about an hour late this morning, which is considerably better than Wednesday when it was still catching up with Easter traffic.  As it goes to Kastellorizon on Fridays it will, however, be late leaving Rhodes this evening.

There is an elusive foal learning the route at the moment.  Camera shy, it kept skipping in among the adults when I tried to photograph it and my rather basic Nikon was just not fast enough to catch up.  You can just see a glimpse between the two horses on the right.  The foals learn all the routes around the island but only start to carry loads when they are fully grown and their backs are strong enough to take sacks of cement, stones, bricks and builders' rubble.

Have a good weekend.

Regards,
Adriana