Another fine day and we take a walk in the afternoon, passing the old Taverna Kristina that is now closed again, even the restaurant that opened after Taverna Kristina closed has now stopped, only after one year. It's hard to get a taverna working on this side of the island.
We met Tom and Annie at Matina's Taverna at nine o'clock, not too many people and some great food, veal chops, lamb chops, beef stew wonderful salads, tsatziki, everything really fresh and like home cooked. The meat is probably from the island, the veal chops looked fantastic. We went back to Tom and Annie's place and had some New Year's sponge cake that Annie had made, really dry with almonds. We had a glass of champagne before we walked the stairs back to our house, longing for to go to bed. As usual we met some dressed up young people heading down to the port after having spent the evening with their families. The smell of perfume and after shave was rich in the narrow streets and everyone we met looked really happy and we all greeted each other with the Kali Kronia or Kronia Polla.
Thursday January 1st 2009
Breakfast outside in the wonderful strong sun.
We then took a walk down to the sea and walked pass the quiet Kamini harbor where many boats were up on land for the winter. A few other people out walking but it's extremely quiet.
When we get to the small Kamini beach we see that the rumors are right and they are actually building just up from the beach. The old Castello is renovated and they are turning it into a beautiful three story house, they are keeping the iron in from of the windows to keep the look of the old prison. They are building new walls around the gardens, everything done the old fashioned way with stones. It does indeed look beautiful; the view from the house is great, the sea and the small island with the old white church just outside. Not too far from the main port,
just a nice walk. We are just worried about the small beach in front, the place where we and all the locals go in the afternoon to swim. And were the old Greek women go in the morning to take their bath. It still looks intact but it’s a small beach and we don’t want to see it touched by umbrellas or chairs from a pension or hotel above. Hopefully everything will be fine. If we are lucky it will be a nice taverna even if we suspect it will be too up-market for our tastes, that’s probably the only way to make this venture break even. The rumor has it it’s someone really wealthy who owns it; maybe he has a good taste and also likes a traditional taverna.
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