July already.............

Hello again, another round of overdue nonesense follows. It is the first weekend in July and we have been here little over a month. Apart from Greece being all but bankrupt all is surprisingly well out here. The garden is back to order, the house is aired, Mrs D aka George has put the tomato seeds out and all are doing well.

The bike is now working properly again after having a new battery fitted plus an oil and filter change. Also it is now officially Greek with its shiny new Greek plate complete with insurance and road tax!! It only took two years, well all in good time as they say. We are planning a celebratory trip over to the Greek mainland and maybe Bulgaria to mark the occasion, watch this space.

We’ve had a few ‘beach days’ done a bit of cycling locally but that’s dwindling now as it’s too hot during the day (sorry.) On the social front we are managing the quiz on a Tuesday eve with a friend Steve as the third team member. So far we’ve won three times and come second once after a three question tie breaker!! Not bad, with the prize being an English breakfast for two, we now have free breakfasts lined up for all guests all summer!! The Friday early doors ritual continues and we make the odd live music night down at Napoleans one for the road. All in all pretty good so far.

We are also watching with interest the Greek economy story. It is interesting to see what the media has to say and what is really happening here in Corfu with the locals – it would appear that with the Corfiot Greeks here life pretty much goes on as usual. We’ll see what happens on July 15th as to whether the Greek ministers having been telling the truth or not…….

What for the next few weeks, well Reg is here now so we’ll be entertaining for the next two weeks. Then we have the mainland trip before we head off up to Italy early August to meet some friends at Marco Polo airport in Venice before heading off to Slovenia for 10 days in the Julian Alps. More on that later. For now it’s back outside into the sunshine for some ground clearing where we’ve been strimming, could well be BBQ day today as well.

Y’all take care now and more of this nonesense later…………