{"id":6967,"date":"2019-09-23T11:46:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T11:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6967"},"modified":"2019-09-23T12:25:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T12:25:59","slug":"olives-and-other-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6967","title":{"rendered":"Olives, art and other stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night we ate at a very nice restaurant called Fantasea. It’s on the road to the harbour, and has lovely views of the bay and the islands beyond.<\/p>\n

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Stopped at Manthos’ taverna for a few beers on the way home. There was a wedding reception here a few days ago, and the flowers are still going strong. Time for an arty portrait.<\/p>\n

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This morning was breezy and the weather forecast was warning of rain. We had a walk up through the olive groves, more for the exercise than anything else. The ground around the trees is swathed in netting to catch the fruit as it falls.<\/p>\n

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The olive trees are absolutely dominant. Nothing else grows underneath them. Olea Europaea<\/em> is very hardy; drought, disease and fire resistant, and it can live to a great age. Many olive groves around the Mediterranean are said to be hundreds of years old, and some individual trees have been verified as being 2,000 years old.<\/p>\n

These olives are quite small and will be used for oil. They’re not nearly as big as the ones you might find in your Martini.<\/p>\n

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Eventually the track through the olive grove meets the road which leads back down to the village. We wander down admiring the views.<\/p>\n

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Little shrines like this are everywhere.<\/p>\n

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After a nice brunch at Yiannis we do a big shop in the supermarket next door, and the owner gives us a lift home with all our purchases. We do some laundry and wait for the rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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