Tuesday 11 June 2019 – Trizonia

It was a beautiful sunny and hot morning.   We wondered whether we had done the right thing in staying here.  We had a leisurely breakfast.  I went into the village to buy fresh bread and downloaded the newspapers on free internet.  Then we decided to take the little water ferry to the mainland just to see what was there.  They run this hourly (sometimes half-hourly) service back and forth on a small boat. They charge 1 Euro each way.  It cannot be profitable.  On the mainland there really is very little.  It is a bigger village than here but that is not saying much.  There is a supermarket, but it is very basic.  We bought a long life sliced loaf and had a cold drink and came back.

We had lunch on the island. Tried one of the less used tavernas and had a good lunch.  By the time we finished lunch the clouds were building in the sky and the long forecast thunderstorms looked like they were on the way.  By about 4pm the sky was very dark, claps of thunder were all over and then the rain started.  It really set in and rained constantly until after 7pm.

To celebrate Richard’s birthday we opened a bottle of champagne. Then back into the village for dinner.  A rather boring affair.  So now back on the boat.  The rain has stopped and there was some red in the sunset, so maybe things are set fair for tomorrow.  We really must get on.

9 o'clock after supper

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