Itisallgreek2me

Throughout Greece there are thousands of feral cats… much better looked after now than in the past. What was particularly noticeable on Astypalea, was the number of cats eartipped. Eartipping, performed while the cat is already under anesthesia, is an effective and universally accepted method to identify a spayed or neutered and vaccinated feral cat. It is the removal of the distal one-quarter of a cat’s left ear. 🐱🐈‍⬛🐈🐾❤

Sunday, 12 June 2022… Returned last night to eat again at Maistrali Restaurant… a no brainer really. One of my favourite Greek dishes… Yemistá (stuffed tomatoes and capsicum) and naturally, a half kilo of white wine.

This morning checked out of my room at Gyrouli Studios just before midday… slow and steady does it, with my luggage down all the steps, deposited at Maistrali to pick up much later before catching the ferry Blue Star Chios, via Kalymnos, Kos and Nisyros to Tilos at 20.45 hours, ETA 03.30 hours Monday.

Enjoyed a Club Sandwich with Greek coffee ☕ at Portokali cafe on the waters edge, with sunbeds on the beach. Generally in Greece when you order food and or a drink at an establishment, it’s free to use the sunbeds, however, not here. Since I’m alone the charge will be only E4.50. No thanks, I’ll find somewhere under the tamarisk trees.

Never made it to the tamarisk trees. As often happens, a new face comes along and today it was Mel… from Melbourne, whose company I would share until it was time for me to leave Astypalea. Entered the local mini market looking for snacks to sustain me on my journey. Mel spoke to me and offered to buy me a drink. Being fellow antipodeans, we had much in common, although we didn’t agree on everything.

Mel told me about her interest in a house between Pera Gialos and Chora that has been for sale for 3 years, asking price E200K. Nevermind that financially it is beyond her reach, we set off to walk up the hill to view it and to my surprise, it is located a stone’s throw from where I stayed. Location, location, location, however, I suspect it is overpriced and will need at least another E100K spent on it. We spoke with Trina, a Norwegian woman who owns the property nextdoor. Trina spends 6 months of the year there, her property and garden are amazing.

On our way back down to Maistrali, Mel wanted to show me a beautiful wrought-iron door… the design strongly indicating there is a history attached. So I struck up a conversation with Angelika and her husband Ilias nearby, who were able to tell us all about it. Made by a family member on Kalymnos, Angelika was extremely proud to show us a photograph of the boat depicted on the door… Ilias had been it’s Captain for 40 years.

Returned to Pera Gialos with Mel who joined me for an early dinner at Maistrali… nice to have someone with whom to share a meal. Farewelled Dimitris, Efrosini and their waiting staff, then Mel waved me off at the Port.

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