We are in a small town just north east of Athens on the coast. It has 3 restaurants (one we were told is expensive and not good, and one is closed for the winter) and some souvlaki cafes. Now my plan for Greece was to sit in a Taverna on the beach drinking retsina and eating dips and seafood in the sunshine. The problem is the day after we arrived the weather was wonderful, but I was exhausted, and we did not get further than the supermarket. I had everyone in the supermarket helping me 3 servers and a customer. I was trying to buy a runny cheese like a brie!! I was shown a cheddar, and some great looking goat’s cheese (Ross will not eat goat’s cheese, where are you Judy Pridmore), so we all settled on a blue cheese. My helpers English was not so good. We got some baclava too which gives me diabetes just looking at it. I am eating a piece every second day. Oh yes, the weather, since the first day it has poured with rain. In fact, we had a full-blown thunder and lightning storm yesterday. Today it is just raining hard and looks like it has set in. It is also very cold at night.

The bathroom here has to be seen to be believed it is so small. I have to squash into the shower sideways and to wash my hair I have to make certain my elbows will be in the corners or I cannot reach my head. I dropped the soap and had to open the shower door, stick my head out to be able to reach down to the floor without getting jammed. Then today the hose to the showerhead falls off so I am being a contortionist trying to get the soap off me with a pipe Rather than a showerhead.

Having said all that, I am enjoying the rest and not being a tourist.