Another lazy day on Sifnos

 Thursday 28th December 


Last night we had another super meal at Camaron. I have spelt it right this time, apologies guys. We got there at seven and suddenly it filled up, all locals. It had a really lovely feel to it, large groups of people all having fun. My friends knew a lot of them. It was all over too soon. We had a quick look at the port before we went our separate ways home. 


In the morning after picking up a couple of bits of litter off the beach by one of the closed bars, I noticed the potter had some freshly made earthenware drying outside his shop. He is one of the many potters on the island, clay being quite abundant here.


I went to the bakers. Bravo, they had my favourite pie!  I thought it was five Euros, so I offered a twenty Euro note, but it’s only two Euros eighty cents for the pie. I also got a free cookie thrown in for good measure. The port is  now quiet they must have finished moving the aggregate last night. At my friends house the dog enjoyed his portion of the pie very much.

It was my turn to drive today to Apollonia with two friends to check for their post at the Post Office. We then did part of the walk to Castro turning round and going on other paths back to Apollonia. You realise how many more churches there are here. We even had two right next door to each other with a third not far away. 

We also saw a rusty Mercedes lorry, which looks like it’s been here for ages.


Not far from here, I looked down and there were two men plucking what were probably hens in their garden. We carried on until we reached a cafe called the Angel, which I had not been in before. I realised that the lady who served us, used to work in the cafe that’s still open here in Kamares. She certainly knew the specific way one of my friends likes their coffee. There are lots of little lanes and paths in Apollonia like this one, worth exploring.


We walked back to the car, and then drove to the big supermarket. I use the word big, because it’s a lot bigger than the biggest in Livadi on Serifos and certainly bigger than the one here in Kamares. I looked after the dog and we wandered around the grounds, he sniffing everything in sight. One of my friends bought the ingredients for sausage rolls. I am making them for New Years evening as Camaron will be closed. The final job was to pick up a box of red wine from a shop in Kamares, this shop also decants wine into plastic bottles which is even cheaper, but very drinkable unfortunately! The drive down to the centre of Kamares from my friends house is on a series of three steep gradients, so going up on down is quite interesting!

Time for lunch, my friends have been asking about what they could grow on the unused ground by their house. It doesn’t look the best of soil, it’s home to clover at the moment and areas where it’s been left alone to perennial shrubs they could grow things like squash,  courgettes,  climbing French beans, tomatoes and peppers. I think as long as they were watered regularly with a bit of plant food and a bit of ash off the log burner they might do ok. It’s certainly worth a try, like me in Serifos. I can’t wait to see my proposed plot! Finally a wander back to the far end of the beach for a bit more sun. The Dionisios Solomos was in port again, on its return leg. The days should be lengthening, but at the moment imperceptibly so. It’s pie night in my friends house with the dog.  Can’t wait!

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