Factory and other resets

Despite having had such a long and eventful journey, and missing a night’s sleep, we both woke up surprisingly early.

The weather was warm and sunny as you would expect. However recently they have had some torrential rain, at the same time as a sandstorm from the Sahara. Result? Red rain and a very big cleanup operation.

Usually one of the first things we do when we arrive here is a “big shop” but obviously that didn’t happen yesterday. So I walked up to the local bakery for something for breakfast. I got croissants and spanakopita (Spinach Pie)

I nearly always have this breakfast on my first day on any a Greek holiday. I suspect I like the idea of Spanakopita better than the real thing. I certainly like the word!

Denis then set to work fixing the Kindle problem. He has asked me to record that it is actually a Kindle Paperwhite NOT a Kindle Fire – he is anxious that anyone should think he is using old technology

First he asked Kalle if he could use her PC to download everything to his USB stick. While that was ongoing we did the big shop. On our return it had finished and he was just ready to initiate the factory reset when he decided to try one last thing : scan and repair

He set that going and lo and behold all the books reappeared! Problem solved! So he was pretty cheerful. I finished putting the shopping away. Unpacked. And was then ready to relax.

I feel as if we’re having a human version of a factory reset here in Naxos – a time to relax and clear the mind before returning to our daily lives and – in particular – selling the house.

So we spent some time round the pool snoozing and taking an occasional dip to cool off.

Late afternoon we walked to the port area where we planned to have dinner, stopping at a couple of bars on the way

and also picking up the June programme for the DOMUS festival

And the bus timetable

After dinner we made one final stop, at Paradise Bar on the beach, to say hello to Manolis who owns it, and to book sunbeds for the next day.

So we’ve touched base with most of our regular acquaintances here and walked around the town, the port and the beach areas. I’d say we have completed our ‘reset’ and are now properly on holiday and relaxing rather than still in everyday life.

Beach next then ….