A drive along the coast

Sitting watching the sea

A fairly relaxed and late start to the day after Lillian's early trip to get the car serviced the previous morning.  Another clear and sunny day with afternoon temps certainly reaching 75F although a reading in the car gave 77F as we drove inland.

Without telephone lines because the road is still not completed by the local council, internet is only obtainable via a dongle which is inserted into a USB slot in the laptop.  This is slow, very frustrating when it continually drops, unusable for Skype and expensive.   A 'friend' that Lillian has got to know through Greek lessons had suggested that we visit their house for coffee to test the speed of their internet connection which is via a satellite dish on the roof of their house.

So a  drive along our favourite coast road to Zygi and then inland up a track to a lovely house sitting on a large plot, high enough for great seas views.  A pleasant couple of hours were spent chatting and admiring the lovely gardens and testing internet.  Fine for email and surfing with OK speed, not great but worth considering.  A call to the supplier on return says they are so busy they do not know when they will be able to supply!  A good idea but we will need to continue to be patient.

Drive inland and then back home home via the airport to check long term parking prices for our quick trip back to London for one day.  We ventured along  'new roads' for us passing many orange groves ready for harvesting. A stop at a small copse of fir trees allowed Lillian to collect a huge bag of very large fir cones.  She says they are for Xmas decorations but I am yet to see a design.

The day ended with a residence association meeting at our house although most of the meeting was spent on the phone to non-attendees.  The final episode of the 'Killing' - brilliant.