Rain!
Last summer we island hopped across Greece for 5 weeks; on one day, we saw a single, small solitary cloud, for about 30 minutes, before it evaporated into the big blue sky. Today, we woke to rain, and it has been cold, grey, miserable and wet all day. There’s not too much to do in Rethmyno on a wet Tuesday in April. We went to the Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete – we (well, Becky in particular) do like an art gallery, and we had earmarked this for a visit regardless of the weather, but it was a bit underwhelming. Entry was only 3 euros pp, but the exhibits were neither inspiring or captivating.
Other than that, there was little to do but sit in cafes, drink coffee and watch the (somewhat bedraggled) world go by, before moving on to another taverna for lunch.
Much of the afternoon was spent either reading or snoozing – not a bad way to spend a day and by evening time the rain had stopped, and the forecast for tomorrow morning does suggest a return of the sun, here’s hoping …
