Walking in the rain

MONDAY 5^th JANUARY

We had planned to take Stef on the walk to Nisi but it had been raining quite heavily by the look of the gravel area in front of our building and so we abandoned the idea.  Instead we walked along the good tracks in the olive groves behind Lefkogia which was fine until 1pm the predicted time for rain. 

Stef was the only sensible one among us having put her umbrella in her large shoulder bag.  The rain wasn’t too bad at first and we took shelter under a couple of fir trees at the posh entrance to an olive grove.  This field had large iron gates with tall concrete posts on which  large colourful plant pots containing a small aloe vera had been placed.  The owner came out in his pickup and stopped.  Was he going to offer us a lift into Lefkogia which was not that far away?  No, he informed us it was raining and drove off! As we thought the rain was easing we set off back into the village.  

By the time we arrived we were quite wet but we were not to be put off at having our lunch in the village and walked into Vasillios’ grill house.  We had a little trouble ordering the food from the blackboard.  Keith asked for sardines to be informed that was salad.  He had only concentrated on the first three letters of the Greek writing and assumed it said sardines.  He had an omelette.  Stef wanted horta (local wild green leaves boiled and served with lemon and olive oil) and koukouvakia but ordering two dishes for her took some doing, as did my feta saganaki.  But we had a lovely meal and at the end of it the young girl produced a plate of slices of an alcoholic laced chocolate swiss roll along with a small flask of raki.

After a cup of tea at 3pm Stef and I took a walk into Souda as it had stopped raining, but the sky was still very dark over the mountains so I went prepared this time with umbrella and raincoat. The rain never came and the late appearance of the sun gave us a good opportunity for another photo lesson. 

We stayed out climbing up to the olive groves in order to see the sun set before returning home.