Storm over. Interestingly, in the village you can occasionally hear the same sounds you would in northern Ontario after a storm - people starting up their chain saws. Although in Lapta that could just be sawing firewood as we really don’t seem to have experienced a lot of damage requiring road clearing. Some nearby areas did, though. And cleanup continues.
This should have been the first day of a two week school break but instead it started yesterday, sparing kids and their parents the trek through mud and bad roads for a token last day. Oddly, though, the first day back is a Friday. And yes, weekends here are the internationally standard Saturday and Sunday. In some countries this would have constituted sufficient insult to justify a strike.
Down to the supermarket to top up. Next door neighbour driving to Alsancak, the next village, though no longer with any real dividing line other than technically, kindly stops to offer us a lift, but we’re only going a few metres. Had thought the store might be busier after the days of rain but seems much as usual. So warm sourdough olive bread, oranges, coffee, lentils, cheese, vegetables.
Good to be out and to get to admire the different coloured streaks in the Med. Today primarily aqua and indigo but sometimes as many as five colours.
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