Sun!! And a night in the life of....

3pm Thursday 22nd May 2008

Scorchio. Finally a hot day!! It's so hot my arms have changed colour in a very short space of time. I don't hold up much hope for getting a tan now though. The majority of the afternoon is spent either in the van trying to park, or in an internet cafe.

We've just had a bbq feast on our patio, probably our first substantial meal since we arrived. It was marvellous. Eating seems to be the least of our concerns. We usually manage to have breakfast or lunch, but the afternoon and evening are so manic that eating gets bypassed and I just graze on Prince biscuits and carambars all evening. But at least we don't reek of garlic and mussels, which unfortuately most people I speak to each each night do.


The nights are getting a bit quieter although we are still getting a good crowd. We flyered in the afternoon yesterday which was really successful. People aren't in such a rush and have time to stop and talk. Every evening there is a screening of a film classic on the beach and as soon as the film finishes, I dash over to the beach exit and give everyone flyers, offering more free films. And we have the added bonus of wine! Excellent marketing initiatives! Although there are a lot of people who are on their way to the glitzy parties, there are also a lot of people who are just doing the tourist thing, or who have failed to get an invite to a party - like us.

But we have our own little party with all sorts of colourful characters. There are the directors of the films we are showing who always stop and chat with us, we've had families with pushchairs, glamorous couples, lots of American tourists, people from all over Europe, a crazy German on crutches who wears white shorts, a studded leather jacket and baseball cap studded with some serious bullets. He seems to be really enjoying our films, and our wine, and has become a bit of a regular. He always leaves very graciously and heads off to the beach to sleep. Unfortuately our inviting pink seats have also drawn some really drunk people. We (luckily not me) had to physically remove a rather unsavoury character who stumbled over to us and promptly fell asleep in one of the front chairs. Jaunus, Stu and Andy had to lift him out of the seat and put him by the flowerbed as he was completely out cold. He didn't even really flinch when we moved him. Luckily I had some wipes to hand as he really was very unsavoury.

(I just had my toes licked under the table by an ugly little rat puppy with a leopard skin lead, but am rejocing at the use of an English keyborad once again).

Cath xxx