ruthct21

The last house we saw on Monday reminded us of the long-ago TV Western series, Bonanza. There was a big gate, a large terrace and a barbecue at the back of it. There is a sizeable mature garden which we did not really get chance to see as it was a hot day, we were running late and we were hungry for our lunch!. Mick has mailed out extracts from the information pack to several of you. The price is good and as the current owner is an experienced builder we know that everything has been finished off well. So we have decided to go and see it again and fill in the gaps in what we already viewed. It isn't quite the location we wanted, but there are very few houses on the market closer to the centre of Stoupa and the plots on offer are tiny (plus needing to wait many months for the building to be complete.) If we do decide to settle for this house, we would need to explore all the potential journeys on foot between the house and the seafront and other amenities, plus we may find it necessary to have a car. Choices, choices!
Today has been really wet, ferocious rain from before dawn so that the streets were running with water and the sea was wild, waves crashing further and further up the beach. No swimmers, no boats, just a deserted dismal beach. By early evening it had largely stopped raining so we risked scooting up the road to the Indian restaurant for a take-out. It is due to close tomorrow until Spring, but some of the other places that warned us they would close at the weekend are still open. I suspect that the weather has halted the olive harvest so the owners are going for a bit more income at the table .
P.S., our dinner was very good and there is enough left over for another meal!