Mon 16.Nov.2009
Sitía, Crete, Greece
Nothing earthshaking here.
Just a pleasant afternoon stroll around the waterfront in a beach town
with little else to do.
![Outdoor annex silhouettes visible through thin curtains](pix/2009/img_6808.jpg)
![Same thing, different cafe prefab bar annex, pink chairs](pix/2009/img_6815.jpg)
Most waterfront cafe/bars have an outdoor annex in front - a pre-fab
room with transparent walls that can be raised or lowered according to
the weather. Most have some sort of privacy curtains as well. And two
(at
least) have wi-fi access for customers.
![Sun going down half-dark marina at dussk](pix/2009/img_6818.jpg)
![Obelix Cafe Cafe front: "Cafe snack bar obelix", with cartoon image](pix/2009/img_6821.jpg)
Whaddya know?! A familiar and belovd
Gaul, beaming at me in miniature from a fast-food shack.
With his name spelled in Greek alphabet, the rest of the sign in Latin.
Hmm...
![Laptop with Lights closed computer on table, lights reflected in top](pix/2009/img_6825.jpg)
![Xcite Cafe YA prefab bar annex by the waterfront. Comfy chairs](pix/2009/img_6826.jpg)
My trusty Eee PC 1000, reflecting cafe lights.
![Coffee Menu blackboard with coffee menu in greek letters](pix/2009/img_6828.jpg)
![default title defalt alt text](pix/2009/img_6831.jpg)
Innit fun to recognize furrin' spellings of familiar words?
This sign offers a variety of coffees.
I especially enjoyed figuring out capuccino and nescafe.
Greek
Capuccino
Espresso
Nescafe
Frappe
I dunno what Anapsyktika means. If you do, let me know.
![Reflections in a prefab Tree in front of window reflecting harbor](pix/2009/img_6841.jpg)
![small boat small boat with reflection in water](pix/2009/img_6843.jpg)
![Porpoise Mosiac Porpoise mosaic on black and white sea pebbles in sidewalk](pix/2009/img_6844.jpg)
![Flower Mosaic Flower mosaic in pebbles in sidewalk](pix/2009/img_6845.jpg)
Like Rhodes, Sitia embeds mosaics in pebbles in some sidwalks. My guide
book gives a name for this practice, but I don't remember it.
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