Christmas

Christmas morning arrived with better weather the sun was shining it felt warm again so we decided that we would have a walk to Agios Nikolaos as we had plenty of time before Christmas dinner which was at 5pm at a friends’ house. We were only a few minutes into our walk when our builder, Vaggelis, drove along the road and stopped to speak. He invited us to go for a coffee. It was Christmas morning, where would be open?

We jumped in his car and he turned round and drove back into Stoupa. Along the sea front we stopped at one of the bars and were surprised to find several people sitting there. Yes, they were open and Vaggelis assured us that by about 2pm it would be packed with people, mostly the local Greeks. He was right, we sat in the sun enjoying our coffee and chatting, a Christmas morning unlike any other.

Christmas evening we enjoyed a traditional English Christmas dinner with four friends. A good time was had by all.