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Gillywoo:
Jimbo,

Great report, we have never been in San Stef later than October 2nd so its good to read about how the town winds down for winter. We will miss you by a few hours next Friday (14th October) when we fly out for the weekend but will continue with your 'Winding Down' report in your absence!

Gill and I are currently soaking up the sun in Lanzarote, here the season is still in full swing although as in Greece the Restaurants tend to be half empty.

Friends think we are mad flying back to Liverpool from Lanzarote next Thursday driving to Manchester then getting the early Thomson flight to Corfu on Friday, but hey it was a choice between a weekend in dull Blighty or a weekend in San Stef......no contest!

Playa Blanca in Lanzarote is great but it isnt San Stef., for the first time ever we had a few days in an All Inclusive when we arrived on Sunday and we just didnt like it, despite being a 5* Hotel the food was strangely bland and the atmosphere in the restaurant non existant, it was like being in a school canteen.

We both found ourselves longing for the Greek Taverna experience with its excellent food and marvellous ambiance, we would have given anything for a slice of Saganaki followed by a Sizzling Steak, people who always go A.I. dont know what they are missing.

We are spending the next week in a Villa in Playa Blanca and have found a Greek Taverna just half a mile away ;D

Give our regards to Dimitri and ask him to reserve our table on Friday 14th!!

Andy

Jimbo:
4:30 Friday 7th October.

More to Andy and Gill later...

Clouds are moving in from the south on a gentle breeze. Couple of rain showers late morning, with more forecast over the weekend. Good excuse for people to sit around and natter. No pressure to hit the beach or climb the hills. It was very quiet everywhere last night. At 8:30 we had a wander before supper and there were zero people eating at Sunset, four at Thomas Bay, five at Barras, two at Tasty Corner, and eighty-three at Little Prince! I think as the number of people shrinks, more and more don't want to sit in lonely splendour in an empty restaurant, so they gather where the action is most obvious.

Little Alex's family had come to watch his last dance of the season last night, and the Finnish group at Little Prince were enjoying their last Sizzling Steak before going back to dig up reindeer or whatever it is they dig up to eat in the encroaching darkness of winter. Much cheerful crocodile dancing through the restaurant, but everybody tucked up before midnight.

The sunbeds are steadily leaving the beach to go off and hibernate. Just one long thin Maginot Line of brollies bravely flying a flag of hope for just one more memory of summer - one more chance to catch a bit of sun. The straw-topped brollies we like outside Mango were dug up days ago.

Zorbas will close as soon as the rain goes away in a couple of days. They can't clean with rain coming, and better weather is probably coming. No dancing.

The buses have been going rather than coming so far today. Half the population of Helsinki departed Little Prince at three o'clock. Seconds later the Pool Bar closed. Chances are 99% that Little Prince will close on the 14th, leaving only Andy and Gill in occupation, like the Tsar and Tsarina of Russia in lonely exile in an abandoned château. We expect a final report before the door finally shuts on summer 2011.

Lightning is searing the sky over the hill past Romanza and thunder is booming across the bay. Tables have been moved from exposed positions. Sheets of plastic are being reeled down. The sea has gone from blue to steel-grey, although a shaft of sunlight is glowing over Othoni.

So - tonight - a pie at Tasty Corner before going to the Athens Bar to watch England play their approximation to football. Let's hope heavy rain and power cuts don't kill the satellite feed, although, come to think of it, that might be a mercy!

There's a kind of sweet sadness to it. Yammas!   

Richard/Jackie/Nathan:
Give our regards to Nikos!!!

maureen:
Went to San Stefanos for first time in June loved it so much we will be back next year.
We found your post very interesting. It was lovely to hear how every one is doing, and brought back lots of good memories. Counting down the months weeks and days to when we come back next year.

Jimbo:

--- Quote from: Richard/Jackie/Nathan on October 07, 2011, 07:28:55 PM ---Give our regards to Nikos!!!

--- End quote ---

Will try to! I think Nikos talks more than he listens!

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