feb, 6th - 1 today....

day 365:

happy birthday honey-bee! 1 today.

may, 27th - bad parents...

day 108:

throw out some sunshine and it's about getting bare toes out and enjoying some heat on bare skin...of course with limi it's about finding the shade, throwing on a hat or spreading on the sunscreen...but definitely still bare toes!! so we were surprised when Katerina, who owns the apartment that we've rented, said that Limi was completely underdressed by Greek standards: bare shoulders, feet, arms. 

that explains some of the intense looks that we've been getting from the older Greek generation.

may, 25th - heaped teaspoon of sweetness....

day 107:

a traditional Greek custom is to offer spoon sweets to guests as a symbol of hospitality. they are called "spoon sweets" as they are generally served on a teaspoon....in Kithira, every lazy, sunny day so far......has definitely felt like a heaped teaspoon of something sweet....

[lunch at Avlemenos]

[swim at Limni beach.....we were hoping for a sign for Limi]

[swimming]

may, 24th - greek honey.....

day 106:

well...we're into day 5 of our visit to Greece and our first family holiday. after years of feeling like we could be spontaneous and adventurous, I was concerned that travelling with a baby would mean that those feelings would be replaced with frustration and restrictions but in Greece....it just means that we are delayed by the many people...young and old, who stop to coo and show genuine delight in the fact that we have added to the population!

rather than feeling like foreigners and Limi alienating people....we have found that (well in Greece at least) a baby means that you can get under the skin of a place...conversing with locals...

Local: [says something in Greek that you don't understand]

Us: [smile...look clueless]

Local: [points to Limi] How old?

Us: trion minon [three months old! the tiny bit of Greek that we have learnt and use as much as Hello! Thank You! Please!]

given that we love seeing a place from the inside rather than an outside....we should have had a baby years ago!!


thanks Limi for introducing us to the locals!