March Moods of Gennadi

The car went in for a service on Wednesday March 21st. Stergo at South Rhodes Auto Services at Gennadi was doing the job. Rather than accept his offer to drive me home, I opted to let him get on with the job, because a 15 minute walk up through the village would take me to the home of a couple of friends, Ray and Viv, where I was sure to receive a warm welcome and - if my luck was in - a beer. After a frappe and a read of the local Rodiaki newspaper in the square to ensure that my arrival at their house wouldn't be too early, I wended my way along a circuitous route through the village and, as always, the camera was attached to my belt in its fab new case, so I whipped it out at random as I walked. The results are below...

I love this doorway below. Makes me smile as I did at one time for a brief spell work as a postman many years ago in the UK (well, at least there is a 9 in both numbers!!)...

 

The one below, taken well above the village proper, looks northward along the coast to Kiotari and Pefkos in the distance across the bay...

Here's another wild flower that's in bloom at this time of the year. Didn't pass any of these whilst taking pics for the post about "Botany". They grow to about waist height...

Below is a view of the village of Asklipio, with its castle visible on the skyline above the village. (clicking on it as usual will show a larger view) Contrary to some opinions, there's no evidence that it was built by the Knights. It was rather a defense for several local villages against pirate raids several centuries ago...

The weather was gorgeous, with very light winds, as it has been now for a week or more. In fact it's set fair for the foreseeable future at the moment. Maybe it'll settle early this year, since last year we had some quite late rains, well into May in fact.

The temperature was around 24ºC at 10.00am and rose to 26ºC by about mid-afternoon. If only we could keep these temperatures throughout the summer!

Reaching the home of my friends, I was indeed rewarded with a cool beer and a chat on their very private terrace, which looks out over their substantial garden, across the rooftops of the village and out to sea. When I finally got back to the garage, the car was ready and Stergo told me that there were no major problems, just a perished short length of fuel pipe, which, had it ruptured and begun jetting neat fuel on to the exhaust, would have soon seen our trusty Suzuki barbecued in short order. Just as well we opted to do the service a month earlier this year!!!