Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Life in Vamos, Crete

We have had more warm and sunny days than not, and are of course grateful for that especially when we read about the torrential downpours and flooding in the northwest US. Pam and Larry are here visiting from Thailand and I think Pam has fallen in love with Crete all over again, and Larry loves it, too! The house they are renting is really sweet and bright and has a great balcony! There are photo ops around every corner... so i've been taking advantage of that!

here's Pam in her little house:fabrica3
fabrica1-Pam's house
the balcony is really nice, tho there is no privacy as the balconies from adjoining houses are right there connected.. this is a view from the Liakoto Cafe:
fabrica balcony from liakoto cafe
and this is the view as you sit on their balcony eating sweets from the pastry shop in the afternoon sun!
on balcony2

if you look closely, you can see sheep on this hillside. When seen up close, they look rather scruffy and the wool looks very coarse and straight. I haven't tried to get my hands on any. I'm more interested in getting another chunk of wood to have a drop spindle made. It will probably be eucalyptus this time (have brought home olive and cypress wood for spindles)
sheep (from liakoto)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sandy and Jim: love the pics. I am glad you had a good time in Crete. I was glad you had the chance to get together with Mom and Larry. The pics of the balconies are awesome. Did you get the wood for your spindle?