Summer Journal 2012, August 3
I finished cleaning (with vinegar and newspaper) the two huge hallway windows. Stell has gone to the village to do the official transfer of title on the Peugot from Demetra to him. The car of course passed inspection. It has so few miles, which is good because we definitely can get a few years of driving out of it. Last night we went to the full-moon festival. The weather was perfect and two very talented singers (man and woman) sang a range of songs that each had something to do with the moon. Of course, the retsina flowed. Then we walked to Maria's pizza with Anya and Helena. Stella and Aggelos were there (as usual) and Vassiliki and Vassili from Perugia. So I think it was almost 3 a.m. before we were home.
I didn't take any photos yesterday, so this posting will be without a single picture. Tonight we are going to have a cookout with Despina and Georgia and more family and friends. Despina's Kostas will do the cooking on the backyard barbecue.
I finished Lost Prophet yesterday. I've started Journalism as a Democratic Art: Selected Essays by Cole Campbell. It is a bittersweet read, because Cole was my friend who died much too soon in a car accident near where he was the Dean of Journalism at the University of Nevada in Reno. He was only 53 (google him as his obituary ran in the New York Times-he died January 5th 2007). He was a great mind and he always walked around with a stack of books, a feature that everyone who knew him remembers. Although the book is 183 pages, I imagine I will finish it in a day.
The signs of the depression/recession here are great and some people have said the village feels as empty as it does in the winter. There are only a few people on the gorgeous beach when we go swimming even though this is high season. The restaurants are seldom full. A real downturn in tourism and of course tourism is a leading industry here - so the country and its people suffer. Helena was a bit worried yesterday that if the country should shut down while she is here, she might have trouble getting back to Germany. I think that is a little far-fetched, but I thought the fact that the idea had crossed her mind was intriguing. I expect to finish out the month here and I will continue to observe the conditions and report them for Rafe and Barbara who most wanted to know what I encountered.
Margherita aka Snooks
I didn't take any photos yesterday, so this posting will be without a single picture. Tonight we are going to have a cookout with Despina and Georgia and more family and friends. Despina's Kostas will do the cooking on the backyard barbecue.
I finished Lost Prophet yesterday. I've started Journalism as a Democratic Art: Selected Essays by Cole Campbell. It is a bittersweet read, because Cole was my friend who died much too soon in a car accident near where he was the Dean of Journalism at the University of Nevada in Reno. He was only 53 (google him as his obituary ran in the New York Times-he died January 5th 2007). He was a great mind and he always walked around with a stack of books, a feature that everyone who knew him remembers. Although the book is 183 pages, I imagine I will finish it in a day.
The signs of the depression/recession here are great and some people have said the village feels as empty as it does in the winter. There are only a few people on the gorgeous beach when we go swimming even though this is high season. The restaurants are seldom full. A real downturn in tourism and of course tourism is a leading industry here - so the country and its people suffer. Helena was a bit worried yesterday that if the country should shut down while she is here, she might have trouble getting back to Germany. I think that is a little far-fetched, but I thought the fact that the idea had crossed her mind was intriguing. I expect to finish out the month here and I will continue to observe the conditions and report them for Rafe and Barbara who most wanted to know what I encountered.
Margherita aka Snooks
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