Festivities and broken bones

Well August came and went in a flurry of Italian and Greek holiday makers who rented every car and scooter on the island!  It was interesting trying to get anywhere on the roads and we had to be on our toes to get a sunbed on our favourite beaches!  Having said that it created a wonderful lively atmosphere on the island and I think the taverna owners were all very happy people having expected the worst due to the current problems with the economy.

The biggest festival of the year was held on Aug 15 and celebrated the Assumption of Mary.  Those of you who read the blog last year will know there is a procession with a re-enactment of a wedding with favours and ouzo passed amongst the crowd before an evening of dancing, free flowing wine and goat spaghetti so soak it all up.  It always makes for a good evening and this was no exception.  I think the dog in the picture below sums up how we all felt the next day !!

phew!

The bride and groom

A couple of weeks later it was a friends birthday and she asked if we would make the drinks for her cocktail party.  We decided on Champagne cocktails, Mojito's and Cosmopolitans and ended up spending a couple of hours constantly making drinks for everyone except ourselves!  We did make up for it once everyone had left :) This was followed a week later by a day on a boat with food and wine to celebrate in style.


Sleeping beauties (Karen & Julie)

Castaways....where'd the boat go??

We have had a couple of breakages on the island in the form of our landlord Kostas cracking a bone in his ankle during a heavy tackle playing football (yes in 90 degrees plus....don't ask!) and our friend Lesley breaking several bones in her foot having missed the smallest step on a flight of stairs leaving a bar and going over on her ankle....inevitable for someone I suppose :) Kostas could be seen daily on his moped, crutch balanced on the handlebars going about whatever he does during the day despite having been told to rest!  The day after his pot came off, Lesley acquired hers so they ended up playing crutch tag!! 

We've also had a mini holiday within a holiday and have visited the island of Skyros.....more about than in the next post.