Birthday outing

SUNDAY 4^th JANUARY

Today is Stef’s birthday and we thought a trip to Aghia Galini would be nice.  The weather was perfect and hot enough to walk about with no woollies on.  We had passed  snow on the mountains,  and in Ag. Galini wild anemones growing on the hillsides, fishermen working on their boats whilst others were line fishing along the quayside, and lots of cars in the Square.

However there was only the fish taverna open for food but the smell coming up the street was a bit off putting but on passing saw most of the tables inside were occupied.  

It didn’t matter we had our picnic, including one of Stef’s favourite dishes – fennel pie.  We sat on the harbour top to have this before setting off once more to explore the village. 

Around the upper levels we met an old lady feeding the chickens that I had photographed behind bars on our last visit.  Today she had let them out but only a few dared to leave the dark room.  Even the soaked bread she had put out for them along with greens only brought one or two to the doorway.  There was plenty of cats around for Stef to photograph as well.  

When it was time to leave I had hoped we could visit a small church hidden in the olive groves outside Ag. Galini but the road was impassable for our little car. I had wanted to show Stef this setting as the Church is in a field of anemones.  

However on our way home we stopped at another church where in the adjoining field was a carpet of daisies and we had a lovely view down into the valley  below.  It had been 25C in Ag. Galini and 16C in Plakias when we returned home but inside the house it felt quite cool.  Stef was making tea today – Jamie Oliver’s fish pie.  It was great and we all got rakied again!