The Village

Well, yesterday was a day in the village. We'd been there before for a couple of hours here and there but yesterday was a full day there.

So the usual routine started.. get up at 9am. Bum around for a bit until breakfast at 10am. Then my great uncle Xristo came and collected us in his UTE at 11am. That is mum, me and Uncle Xristo in a single bench seat ute going to the village. Only in Greece would mum and I put up with this. The roads are narrow and full of ditches and holes. Every one around seems to want to merge.. not into your lane but into your passenger door instead because seemingly, that is going to get them to their destination faster.

The village road to Skine is ok... but still a little scary. It takes us 15 mins to get to the village. All the while I am dodging the floor shift gear stick which seems to be about 5 feet long and ready to take my eye out when it gets into 3rd. My mum is pressed up against the door and i am hoping that it doesn't have a tricky lock which means we will have to make a U-turn into a ditch to retrieve her from an orange grove that she's rolled into after having bounced off the bitumen.

The crowd are there and we are force fed 3 times what our stomach can hold. Mum is ordered to bed for an afternoon siesta and they are tut-tutting me when I refuse. Instead I take on the searing midday sun and walk up the road to grandma's grave and sit there and have a chat. She's actually got a really nice view up to the surrounding mountains and she can even spot the Lefka Perga if she squints.

I then head off to the nearest village which is Fornes and is around 2km away along dirt roads. Its a nice walk but by now, I think I've broiled my skull cap and therefore head back to the shade of the tavernas on the "main road" and a cool lemonade. Mum's been given leave from her siesta and she's re-aquainting herself with old school friends and relatives who she thought were dead.

I've just received a call that the relos are on their way to our place which I have yet to describe... So have to head off now, get some yummy sweets and ran back to our sea side apartment and await their arrival.

Chat soon.
Cheers
Tina x