End of September

It is Friday, it is pay day and the temperature is said to climb to gorgeous +29 degrees. People are looking happy and looks like the summer clothes have been dragged out for one more summery outing this year.

This weekend it is alledgedly staying gorgeous so there will be few drinks in my sunny garden. Life is good!

Not a lot is happening...

Tattoo Saturday

Yesterday I took part in the London Tattoo Convention in the capacity of a steward generally helping people and pointing them at the right direction on their request in the complex venue that is the London Tobacco Dock.

It was a good day with Rock'n'Roll classics blasting in the sound system, whrirring of the tattoo machines and smell of ink in the air. My gammy leg was somewhat knackered at the end of the day but it was worth it as I saw some old friends from a over decade ago and it was nice to catch up. Good stuff!

A well earned glass of white vino at the end of the day at home

London Tattoo Convention

This weekend I have volunteered for the London Tattoo Convention for a day on Saturday. No, not to be voluntarily tattooed in front of thousands, but to help with running of the event.

Mind you if a great tattoo artist was to offer their services, I really would find it hard to say no.

I don't know what I'll actually be doing but I will let you know and hopefully I will manage to snap a picture or two.

La'er peeps!

It'z Monday...again

Here we are once again in Monday morning. I do have to say that it is sunny and bright here in London town and warming up nicely. But finally I had to admit this morning that the autumn is here and my knee lenght jeans are not warm enough and neither is my hooded top, so grudginly I had to wear full lenght jeans with a proper coat.

The news today are boring boring boring and I only thing I want to understand is why some people cannot abide by the laws of the land like the rest of us? And that is all I have to say about that sorry affair.

Well, here is a cute picture and have good day ;)

Sunday...shhhhh

Quiet weekend which has been nice. Not a lot has happened and I have been sleeping fair amount which was probably needed. At the moment it is sunny but it will change any moment as BBC has predicted heavy showers today.

Shortly I will go and get the Sunday papers and apart from a Skype date with Heavy I think I will do not much at all today. Life is good ;)

Friday drivel

After a tiring and slow week Friday is finally here. Mostly I have battled with this stupid cold but I seem to be winning. That in turn has made me somewhat ratty as you can see from the previous post.

But my little tube fare rise problems are no match to the problems for the geeks errr.... profs in CERN as they seem to have lost or actually not found the Higgs boson particle so all the physics are up for speculation once more.

Never mind the principles of quantum or other physics as the weekend is here and I am healthier and happier :)



P.S The Handsome Stranger was in the tube on the home journey last night, which was nice! The situation remains status quo though as I just admire him from a far...*deep sigh*

Boris Johnson - take your fare rise and f*/$k off!

Our blonde Mayor in his infinite wisdom will hike up my monthly travel card price up enourmous 8% next January. This news left me gasping and with a few mouthfuls of profanities.

"The Mayor today admitted the move would be "difficult" for commuters but insisted the cash is needed for an overhaul of the transport system in the run-up to the Olympics."

"But the decision to increase fares by an average of seven per cent, which comes at a time of record inflation and soaring unemployment, sparked fury among commuters. "

So Boris...you can take your fricking limpics of which I don't give a flying f about and travel fare rise and limp off! Don't be a Cee U Next Tuesday and stop milking us weary Londoners *shaking my fist and my blonde head*

I predict a riot....

Midweek

Midweek, the sun is shining but I m still trying to shake off this stupid cold and tiredness. Not much to say so I wanted to post this excellent and funny BBC1 advert that made me smile despite of myself. Enjoy!

Arillas 2011 - The video

First Friday after Arillas

I am totally exhausted after the first week back and a annoying cold is trying it's best to make me even more knackered. But somehow I will have to muddle through today before I can start the weekend hibernation in my bedroom.

Have a good weekend, I will be observing it from the comfort of my bed ;)

Rain and wind in London town

Second day back at work and luckily the mountain of work that was waiting for me starts to be almost done. Holiday video is still waiting to be edited but looks like it wont happen before the weekend.

The weather looks like how I feel but hopefully the sun will come out later and my mood gets prettier ;)

Arillas 2011 - back in Blighty

Last night in the village was a lot of fun. After last day on the beach we started with a looooong dinner in lovely Armourada and some white vino with one of our new friends "Hurricane" Irene. Said our goodbyes there and walked the familiar route through the village to the Coconut Bar.

Few beers and a lot of laughter followed but then unlike me I was in floods of tears when we said our last goodbyes. Mind you I was not the only one as Heavy was also wiping her eyes and then we started laughing at each other. This happened relatively early as we managed to get out of the bar by 02.00 which is the earliest I believe during last two weeks.

I woke up 10 min before the alarm at 07.20 and got on with the remaining packing. The taxi was ordered for 08.30 and our friend Sandy dropped of Margaret at the Brouklis as we were sharing the taxi which was driven by our favourite taxi driver Nikos who has been carting us to and from the airport for the past few years. All too quick it was time for goodbyes and I nearly started blubbing again.

Captain Callaghan flew us home in a timely manner and the SleazyJet flight was nice an painless experience allthough there was plenty of monsters and infants. The weather in London was surprising pleasant and the rest of my journey continued with no problems and I got home precisely two hours after landing in Gatwick.

I will miss many things apart from the obvious ie the beach, the Ionian Sea and the Royal Ionian Beer. I miss having morning frappe at the Sharon’s Pool Bar, Nigels gentle guitar playing on the balcony of the Marinaki Hotel and Mama Kiki’s cat feeding time to mention a few.

Arillas is the warm woolly socks for the mind to quote my Big Brother. But with the strange political and financial situation in Greece I am not sure the old Arillas will be there next year. All ready many shops were closed and the trend might well continue as the strange situation becomes more apparent with the system not working and the cleaning up of the old disastrous politics and bribery.

Now I am back in the real gritty world getting on with laundry and other chores and I have made a start with the holiday video editing so that will be a great reminder of the past fortnight.

Still, all I can say is that life is good all in all ;)

Arillas 2011 - Last day dawning

What can I tell you...? More good food, gorgeous beach, fun fun fun and then some. But now we are nearly done and I have less than 24 hours left in the village. So now I will shut up and enjoy it to the max and see what will happen. *deepest sigh*

But now to the beach for a one last gorgeous day of this holiday!