May Day Celebration

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What a wonderful day out we had with Sofia and Costa!

Apparently it is customary on 1 May for people to pick the wild flowers and make garlands and place them on their doors, as well to give bunches to friends and even place them on cars and motorbikes etc. The idea, it would seem, is "to catch May"! What a wonderful and colourful tradition.

After enjoying the festivities of Vonitsa - we arrived just in time to find an empty table and have some mouth wateringly delicious lamb and bread served to us a few minutes later! - we set off to the mountains of Levkada. (Not very far from Vonitsa)

Sofia and Costa have an old caravan which they keep, in the olive grove of a friend, on Levkada. So we headed for that and a mandatory siesta! Revived and refreshed, Costa then took us on a guided tour of Levkas (the name is interchangeable). Wow! One just can't describe the beauty of the view from the top of the mountains. We could see the islands for miles around. It was breathtaking!

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Photos

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Lunch is a with your hands deal! Basic, but scrummy!

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The customary garland of flowers. And a local Priest enjoying the festivities!

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Nature at its best!

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Costa and Sofia's home away from home! A glorious way to spend the afternoon.

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The swinging bridge is not working so they are using a ferry boat for the cars to cross the canal. Yachts can't get thro on the hour now...

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Wild flowers left by Lynne at the bottom of our ladder

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Kevin's 'very expensive' Indian slip slops after a day in the Greek sun! They've shrunk by a size or two and curled up at the edges..! You could drink soup out of them now...! ;-)

Comments

[Tanya]

Love this pic.