Greece is the word!

The sunshine and heat of Greece seem a long time ago as I look outside now at cloudy skies. Mr JK and I had a wonderful break back on our favourite Greek island, Kos. It's ten years since we discovered the place, and we have been back pretty much every year since. The village is typically Greek, no big hotels, nightclubs or rowdy bars. Just simple tavernas and bars frequented by the villagers themselves. Accommodation is arranged through the local people, many of whom have become friends over the years. Perfect! We wanted a total chill out, and that is exactly what we got. Lazy days spent on the beach ..........

 

 

...where this was my daily view!

I took plenty of knitting for company (more of that in another post), and made good use of my latest ThreeBagsFull project bag. I made great progress on my Color Affection and hope to have it finished very soon.
 

 

Each day we wandered around the harbour. Fishing boats go out daily, bringing in their catch for the tavernas.

 

We watched this little boat being loaded up with bales of hay while we were eating lunch one day. They certainly managed to pack a lot on. I hope they had some help to unload them all at the other end.
 

 

There are always families of cats living in the rocks down at the harbour. We befriended a lovely little family - dad, mum and seven - yes, seven - kittens! The mother cat was just delightful, so friendly and affectionate, and obviously a great mother to have seven surviving kittens. Although she was still feeding her offspring, the kittens had started to be weaned, and were eating cat biscuits and wet food, as well as fish that mum brought back for them from the daily catch. We visited them twice daily, giving them biscuits, cat food and fresh water. I would have loved to have brought one (or two!) back for Florence so she could have a little playmate.

 

Here are the seven kittens together, followed by several kitty pics.

 

Dinner time, no table manners required!

Mmmmmm, that was tasty!

I'd like to be Florence's playmate!

No, choose me! I can do a great 'cute' pose!!

We did make a few films of the kittens. I'll upload one here, and if you're interested in seeing more, you ought to be able to see the rest of them on my YouTube channel.

 



As usual, the food was delicious. Ice cold Mythos beer on the first day was hard to beat!

Olives, my favourite. Mr JK went for Olympic gold and managed to eat five this year, a new personal best for him!

Plenty of tasty salads ......

Olive paste on freshly baked bread, mmmmmmmmmm!

Sardines for Mr JK!

......... and a little furry sardine thief! This cat was hanging around one of our favourite tavernas, trying to steal a fish head or two! It was so funny when his paw suddenly appeared on the table!

 

My favourite is saganaki cheese - it's fried and tastes just delicious! I try not to think too much about the calories!

There were beautiful sunsets to admire on a daily basis .......

Colourful Mediterranean blooms are everywhere ...

Typically Greek scenes ......

 

I'm sure that you're wondering how Florence was when we returned. Well, Flo has been banned from the cattery! They have refused to take her back, describing her as 'feral'! Poor little thing, she must hate it in there. She has decided that she's coming with us next time, the suitcase has plenty of room for her too! See you soon for a knitting update! xxx