Tuesday, October 22/2024

 

Wake up to sunshine, flowers along the patio, mountain above and the Mediterranean below. Everything still in place. Very pleased also to wake up to internet providing unglitchy service - unlike the London flat, which was in other respects quite all right. May be a bit pathetic but there are so many things that can’t be done without it and agencies everywhere are more than pleased to tell you that you should have gone online instead of phoning or turning up at the door.

First priority though is an in person one. Down to the little supermarket for the basics - bread, wine, eggs, peanut butter, sheep’s milk yoghurt. Some difficulty remembering the Turkish for sheep - why don’t ALL the tubs feature pictures of the relevant animal? Check the big oven as we go in. Loaves, slowly rotating, should be done in five and a half minutes. So by the time we’ve collected the other things we can add a loaf of sourdough bread hot from the oven. Resist beginning on it before we reach home.