Visiting Greece – then you must visit Spetses
By Helen Grubner. Filed in Uncategorized |
My slightly timid friend
That’s right – if you are following my travels and find yourself sometime in the future in this beautiful country, then you must visit Spetses. It’s close proximity to Athens means you should be able to make it, even if you don’t have the luxury of a long stay.
Today has been very laid back after another night out in Bar Spetsa. Stay here long enough and I’m sure one would make all the friends you would ever need for a lifetime. Soon I must make a difficult decision about moving on, I will probably leave Saturday before Costas leaves Sunday to visit his dentist in Munich, a connection he made in Bar Spetsa.
Last night Costas introduced me to the music of Tom Waits – I had heard of him and his music before, however, I had never taken notice of the amazing lyrics. Costas seems to know all the lyrics from all his songs better than I know the lyrics from any one song from any given artist. Paddy and Wendy were back in the Bar for drinks before dinner – they had been on their daily walk to a beach on the other side of the island. They told me about a must read book ‘The Magus’ by John Fowles – a novel partly based on the author’s experiences as an English teacher here on the island of Spetses. Also in for drinks was a retired Harley Street eye surgeon and his wife. Most of these people are regular visitors to the island and many have homes here. Of course, they have the luxury of only a short flight – not a 35 hour journey from Wanganui to Athens as I had.
Having agreed it would be stupid for me to eat alone and he also, Costas and I again today met for lunch and had wood fired oven pizza. Costas has never eaten cheese in his life and yet they were able to make him a delicious pizza excluding cheese, the one ingredient considered to be essential in a pizza. I’m sure on this small island everyone must be talking about us by now!
So it has been a quiet day here for me – sorry this photo is the only one taken today. I found him sleeping on a chair on my terrace when I got up from my siesta. What a great life it is possible to have here. Tomorrow I must go for another long walk – it will be helpful to clear also my head to make the all important decision of where to from here and when?