So I am going to bore you with some more photographs of our trip to the Anassa yesterday. It was a lovely place to visit, not sure that I would want to stay there myself even if I could afford to because it did remind me of The Village in the 1960s series about Prisoner No 6 but for an evening out it was very very pleasant indeed if not a little expensive and John and I really have to thank Rob for inviting us to spend Di's birthday with them and for kindly paying for our cocktails.
The architecture and the general ambiance of the place gave it an 'Italian' feel. I coul have asked Kelly and she could have told me if they were full - I am guessing at this time of the season they are - but they certainly didn't skimp on the staff to client ratio and all the staff were delightfully polite and helpful without any kind of obsequiousness (great word that).
Every tipple we chose was greeted with the comment 'excellent choice sir' or 'excellent choice madam' but then they aren't likely to whisper in your ear ' I wouldn't chose that if I were you Sir because it tastes like SHITE!!'
An experience like this is all the more special because it is a real treat for us - you cannot beat a bargain meal at Fitos but just occasionally it is really nice to dress up and sample the high life.
I am guessing that the Anassa has changes somewhat from when Mum and Dad stayed there for their Golden Wedding Anniversary courtesy of Jane and John. That was 12 years ago and they weren't overly impressed because they weren't made to feel special unlike when they stayed at the Elysium for Mum's 80th.

I would certainly like to go again at some point for a special occasion - John and I will just have to save up first!!
So just a short report on today. Art at Sheila's and I am still challenging myself with the glass fishing floats at the bottom of the picture. Sheila finished her special commission which she is pleased with, and rightly so, and will be able to deliver it for scrutiny to the commissioner later this week - hopefully they will be pleased with it too. Sheila has started her next picture using acrylics this time so it will be interesting to see how that progresses. I said today that I hope they don't suddenly sell their house as I can see my picture keeping me busy for the foreseeable future.
Finally Boris can put a line under his traumatic encounter with the Tarantula. We were able to take him down to Polis this afternoon for the stitches to be taken out of his ear. I have to say that Dr Inna's sidekick did a fabulous job as you cannot see any evidence of the nasty necrotic hole that was there previously. Boris has been completely unphased by it all save for being confined to barracks and having to use cat litter.
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