It is really hard life we are living here. Got up at around 10, had a lovely breakfast on our top balcony (one of the four balconies). Two hours later we went for an easy stroll down the harbour to pick up our boat. A sweet little motor boat with a canopy to shade us from the sun.
We managed to skilfully motor our way out the harbour and around the peninsula to the next bay with a taverna. Obviously we deserved a beer after all that hard work.
After the 'beer pause' we climbed the hill to Spartochori. It's a pretty little village with tiny windy cobbled streets.
After strolling round the village we found this lovely pizzeria with a marvellous view. Time for lunch!
As we had finished the pizzas the owner started chatting with us. He was describing some sort of vegetable that they either use to make wine in or use as a decanter. We weren't entirely sure what he meant. All of a sudden he asked if we wanted to try. Okey we said and off he went.
We spotted him a moment later in the neighbour's house. Walking into her kitchen and coming out with a big knife. (She was busy moving and setting up her TV on her roof terrace. Daisy-chaining extension cords and dangling them down and through the window.) Our guy just went straight to a climbing plant and cut down it's one and only vegetable/fruit. To us he didn't even seem to live there! Anyway there seemed to be no hard feelings.
Back to the restaurant he gave us this phallic looking vegetable. Apparently some sort of courgette. And as far as we understood it goes white and the seeds inside dries so that you can pour them out. Next you rinse the inside and then you can use it as a decanter. Or maybe even to make wine. Who knows.
In any case, R is determined to bring it back home and try to grow it himself. We did get the instructions for that too.
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