My first trip to the Sporades

End of Day 4

Made it to he taverna albeit late - after 10 pm! Only two tables occupied. Decided to start with the small fried fish & the waiter said he would get me a small portion as it was on the menu as a main dish. To follow I ordered the pork with Skopelos plums. The starter arrived with my dining companion for the evening, a small black pregnant cat with patches of hair missing from the top of her head, behind her ears, back of her neck and over one of her shoulders. Think it may have been caused by mites?

The waiter showed her away but she was having none of that and a couple of minutes later she was back!  The fish was already beheaded but with tail remaining, a little bed of lettuce and a large wedge of lemon. Cut off the tails to give to the puss. I enjoyed. Had also ordered a quarter carafe of red & a small water. The mains arrived, two thick slices off pork which had been cooked as a roll around the plums, rice substituted for the normal potato accompaniment and a gravy. I slipped the puss her fish and took the first bite of pork with plum. You know the smell of a rubber band, that's what it tasted like! Really disappointing. Tried the outside of the pork and that was better. Puss having finished her starter was waiting for her mains so I cut up some of the inner pork and slipped it to her. She finished it rubbed herself against my legs and received a second helping.

Day 5 - 19 May

Now in real time although it is 5.35 here.

Breakfast arrived this morning - yay a normal sized ham omelette with two small mounds of shredded carrots & herbs with a slightly sweetish dressing. I am not a big lover of carrots but thought I would try it out and did manage to eat a few forkfulls. There was also a glass of juice, mug of water for tea & two small seseme seed buns toasted whole with the usual butter,jam etc. But the piece de resistance (right or wrong spelling?) was a joy to behold. When I had paid for my stay the day before Maria had asked that if she made me something with a sugar substitute would I be able to eat it,to which I said yes. Well there it was in all its glory. A perfectly moulded pink confection turned out in the middle of the plate with a river of strawberry puree starting at the top and running down around half the plate, with a whole strawberry at one side and two thick fingers of avocado pear pointing away from the strawberry. My goodness it look like a dish presented by a 5 star chef! I left it for an hour to let the omelette settle then decided it was time! First mouthful, one of my favorite childhood sweets, blancmange! It was delicious! I ate everything except the strawberry stalk!

A great read. Keep it up.

Amy, can't you switch predictive texting off on your tablet?

Woody, not sure how to switch it off. Like it when creating an email and don't have the same problems experienced when on the proboard but any help appreciated.

Windy, thanks for your kind words, not done anything like this before so it is encouraging to know that people are enjoying.

Then the salad. Could I grab a passing stranger and force them to share it with me? It was a big bowl. Ate what I could but barely made a dent. Felt bad about leaving that much food but I couldn't eat it and if I was going to be extra polite I would need to dump it in my handbag! I did save what tuna was left to give to a cat on my way back to the apartment.

It's been quite a hot day today even though there have been clouds this afternoon but tonight felt really cold so I asked for the bill (13.25 euros, charged 13 & left 2 for tip) and walked the few yards to the harbour in search of a coffee to warm me up. Went into one I had visited yesterday but stayed under cover near the rear. Had my coffee, paid (3 euros) and made my way back. Spotted a skinny black cat that was searching for food and gave it the tuna.

Thanks Tre and glad they are helping with the wait. :-)