Today is the day after the Carnival and it is Clean Monday which I believe means the first day of lent, and there are celebration up at the next village so we are off to see what is happening.
Well we arrived to the sound of live singing and a lot of people Greek dancing in the streets,
All the children were wandering around with kites in hand and I found out later that Flying kites was part of the day.
Unfortunately there was no wind but that did not stop them trying.
As we were mingling we realised that lots of people were arriving and leaving large pots of food on the long tables laid out in front of a Taverna and we came to realise that they were preparing to hand out free food to all the people at the event, Everyone started to form a sort of queue so we joined in and enjoyed the offerings of Vegetable soup, Olives, Peppers and some sort of traditional sweet, And not forgetting the Retsini "Greek wine of the Gods".
We took our food and sat on the beach and enjoyed it with most of the people there and sucked up the atmosphere,
I am really still getting used to such a warm welcome from the community here. Something I think has been lost in the UK.
We have made another video so you can enjoy the atmosphere as well, Let me know what you think.
Looks like you are really making the most of your time out there, We miss you here like mad but we are all glad you are finally putting all that stress behind you and living the dream!!!! and of course we will be making the most of free holidays to Greece soon ....love from you Daughter Ginny, grandaughter Savannah and Grandchild on the way 'the bump' xxx
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