A cacophony of cocks

No, that is not the collective noun for a group of roosters but rather the noise I was hearing at about 5am this morning. Please allow me to explain. At around 4-ish I was awoken by Jess doing something with the aircon due to the room being overly hot and uncomfortable. This disturbed me and the heat made it hard to get back to sleep, less so for Jess, and so I decided I would just get up and do something rather than lying there doing not much. I sat outside in the darkness where it was cooler and it seems like just about every property in the village has its own rooster and this was the morning cacophony, at a variety of volumes, for an hour or more, well before the sun was coming up. I was not alone in my early morning revelry as Lily was also awake early, in her case something to do with waking up and remembering some horror movie she had seen recently and being disturbed by this. So we sat and had some coffee to keep us perky.
I got loads done and eventually everyone else started waking up as well. I was feeling a bit beardy as it has been a while since my last shave so that was on my agenda for today. I didn’t bring my razor as it has a removable blade so the only razor we have is the girls lady shaver, I was not sure it would be up to the task of my rugged manly beard. I also didn’t have my usual shaving soap so needed to use whatever was available here. The lady shaver did a surprisingly good job, gliding over the contours of my chin like it was a pair of lady,s calves. And I have spent the rest of the day smelling like midnight orchid.
The girls did their morning exercise and Jess and I did some morning yoga, disturbing Ruby greatly with our downward dog. Then I had a bit of a swim, knocking off 20 laps so that all my exercise was taken care of for the day. Our genial hosts provided us with supplies from their garden, a dozen eggs, a bag of potatoes and a variety of tomatoes, peppers, courgettes and white eggplant, enough for several days worth. So I combined some of the eggs with leftovers we had brought back last night and had a very tasty lunch.
We had decided a beach was on the cards for today because we all liko a beach, Alyko beach it was. Today we even managed to take all the bags we had packed with us, so we had pretty much everything we needed. According to our good friends at google, next to the beach there was also a cedar forest and I was quite looking forward to that, although when we got there I couldn’t see it for a bunch of trees, so that was a little disappointing. The beach looked good, sandy and empty, and disturbingly for the girls, clothing optional in some places. We decided to opt for yes to the clothes. But there was not much shade so Jess and I just popped to a shop to pick up a couple of beach umbrellas. Job done and we got back to the beach, I was pretty keen on getting into the water which was clear, cool and inviting. It was lovely, We swam a bit, snorkelled a bit and sunbathed a bit, it was extremely chill and more like what we expect from a Greek beach. We headed for home with the obligatory stop for supplies, once we got back there was time for another quick swim in the pool before we needed to worry about dinner.
We had had the idea to make a bit of a Spanish omelette since we had potatoes and eggs and Jess was going to make an accompaniment so we’re set. Although the kitchen in this villa is about 3 feet wide and gas two gas burners so we’re set we’re working with fairly limited equipment. It took quite a while and involved a lot of ducking and weaving but we got there in the end. I am sure it will come as a surprise to no one to hear it was absolutely delicious.
Now it is the restful part of the evening where blogs are written, music is listened to (an Ed free zine tonight) and biscuits are munched. So that is enough of the factsos about today in Naxos.Lue lisää