So Wednesday saw a late change in plan and the Posseidon boat trip has been postponed to Friday when it will be making a stop at Panormitis and as P and H have never been to the monastery, or the excellent baker, this will avoid us doing the 06:50 bus run over
But then where did Wednesday go ?
After the morning frappe in Cafe Agialos we made it as far as The Corner Bar - a "hike" of at least 25 metres ! A small chilled draught beer was had : well two actually as we watched the day trippers start to arrive. The next leg of the adventure got us as far as Elpida's which is another excellent venue for watching the organised and sometimes disorganised tour parties trying to follow a garish umbrella.
Lunch was at one of our favourite spots - the Tza Ti bar round by the boatyard. In our opinion it is perfect. It's small seating area is on the seaward side and is shaded by olive trees; they play excellent background music and the Bruchetta with tomato and basil or mozzarella and Parma ham is so fresh and flavoursome that this is a highly recommended lunch venue. They also do super plates of salami and hams that are well worth trying. Sitting looking out to sea with chilled retsina and Bruchetta is always one of the highlights of the holiday.
A saunter back to the wonderful Thea apartments and a siesta was followed by the arrival of a very large cruise ship (photo on Twitter @rutakingthep) which stopped for a few hours. The harbour side bars were packed when we walked down for the evening ouzo.
Walking from the bar in the square where we had our ouzo and played cribbage we came upon a van selling cheese so having tasted, it couldn't be resisted and that is our breakfasts sorted for our second week.
Dinner was at Meraklis which was very busy as it so often is. We shared starters of tuna salad which was very tzatziki like and fried haloumi cheese. D and P had the bream - whole fish on the bone simply cooked on the grill and at €13 fixed price (rather than by weight) quite superb. E had papoujaksi (aubergine with bechemal and a bolognese type sauce baked in the oven) and H had moussaka. And with some shared Horta between us followed by a complimentary grappa and piece of Madeira type cake yet another wonderful meal was experienced.
Today (Thursday) is the first day that the water taxis from Yialos are running. As D and P did the bread run there was quite a bit of activity as the boats were being made ready.
For information Dimitris restaurant at the foot of the School Steps is no longer. We were told that the family have emigrated to Australia. This was a firm favourite when we fancied a meat fest.
And now to plan the day.
Yasou