Images: Water's Edge in Kamares;Our 250 CC KIMCO; Perfect Place for a Wedding; My Two-Legged Friend up CloseBelow: I have tried to include a short film clip that captures our surroundings at our seaside Taverna (Our "Local")
With less than a week till we leave for Tuscany, our Greek island odyssey is almost over; we have been to Santorini, Paros, Folegandros, Sifnos, and we can now add Serifos to the list.
We managed to get another great deal on a bike, a beautiful 250CC “KIMCO” scooter with storage and a windshield. We have been putting it to good use by journeying all over the island, discovering beautiful little bays and beaches. I suppose that “discovering” might be a tad grandiose a word, inviting reproach from the likes of Christopher Columbus and his ilk, but these finds are new and wondrous to us.
On Thursday we took the KIMCO over to Serifos and spent the day there. One of the beaches that we visited is called Psili Ammos, (pronounced Silly Amos – almost EXACTLY what J.B. calls me when annoyed). It has been ranked #1 in the list of the world's most beautiful beaches.
Yesterday we drove to Platis Gialis, where we found the most picturesque taverna preparing for a wedding. They kindly allowed us to wander around and explore the decorations. If any of you want a suggestion for a world-class destination for a reception – this is it!
On our way back to the KIMCO, I was commenting to SL on the fact that we really hadn't seen much native fauna, when we looked around and saw two ostriches. They were evidently as curious about me as I was about them, for I barely had time to get the camera out before they unceremoniously charged at me and I beat a hasty retreat. (SL will argue that their motion should be likened more to “sauntering” than “charging”, but it should be noted that it was not she bravely brandishing the Brownie.)
We have learned how to eat. S L O W L Y. Order one dish – share it. Order another. Share it. We remember that our host will always give us something after we ask for the bill – dessert, another carafe of wine, a liqueur. In one restaurant we requested a small mixed appetizer plate. We emphasized small to our waitress. She brought us a platter with twenty-eight pieces of fried cheeses, fried zucchini , fried eggplant, fried spinach, - each about the size of an eggroll. To apologize, she brought us another litre of wine.....
We have had terrific Italian food (Da Claudio's, The Cameron), and almost tried everything on the Greek menus. But our time is running short and we have not tried... – OUZO AND OCTOPUS. This is apparently a classic Greek pairing, and we are determined not to leave Sifnos without being able to relate the tale of its partaking.
With less than a week till we leave for Tuscany, our Greek island odyssey is almost over; we have been to Santorini, Paros, Folegandros, Sifnos, and we can now add Serifos to the list.
We managed to get another great deal on a bike, a beautiful 250CC “KIMCO” scooter with storage and a windshield. We have been putting it to good use by journeying all over the island, discovering beautiful little bays and beaches. I suppose that “discovering” might be a tad grandiose a word, inviting reproach from the likes of Christopher Columbus and his ilk, but these finds are new and wondrous to us.
On Thursday we took the KIMCO over to Serifos and spent the day there. One of the beaches that we visited is called Psili Ammos, (pronounced Silly Amos – almost EXACTLY what J.B. calls me when annoyed). It has been ranked #1 in the list of the world's most beautiful beaches.
Yesterday we drove to Platis Gialis, where we found the most picturesque taverna preparing for a wedding. They kindly allowed us to wander around and explore the decorations. If any of you want a suggestion for a world-class destination for a reception – this is it!
On our way back to the KIMCO, I was commenting to SL on the fact that we really hadn't seen much native fauna, when we looked around and saw two ostriches. They were evidently as curious about me as I was about them, for I barely had time to get the camera out before they unceremoniously charged at me and I beat a hasty retreat. (SL will argue that their motion should be likened more to “sauntering” than “charging”, but it should be noted that it was not she bravely brandishing the Brownie.)
We have learned how to eat. S L O W L Y. Order one dish – share it. Order another. Share it. We remember that our host will always give us something after we ask for the bill – dessert, another carafe of wine, a liqueur. In one restaurant we requested a small mixed appetizer plate. We emphasized small to our waitress. She brought us a platter with twenty-eight pieces of fried cheeses, fried zucchini , fried eggplant, fried spinach, - each about the size of an eggroll. To apologize, she brought us another litre of wine.....
We have had terrific Italian food (Da Claudio's, The Cameron), and almost tried everything on the Greek menus. But our time is running short and we have not tried... – OUZO AND OCTOPUS. This is apparently a classic Greek pairing, and we are determined not to leave Sifnos without being able to relate the tale of its partaking.
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