Well…It is my name day! I am so happy to have finally been able to celebrate it here. In Greece, one’s birthday isn’t nearly important as one’s ‘Saint’s Day.’ Today (January 7) is the day that we celebrate St. John/Agios Ioannis — this John being St. John the Baptist (in the Greek Orthodox Church, not the Roman Catholic), not John the Apostle, or any of the many, many Johns that have been canonized by both churches over the millennia. So Chronia Polla! to all you Johns, Seans, Johannes, Joannas, Ioannas, Yannis, Ivans, etc…out there! Many years!
Paros has dipped back into the cold today and the rains have been glorious and dramatic. It’ll be close to Zero C for the next 24 hours or so, and the weather man has posted a possibility of sleet.
I went biking the other day with a friend. We both have new mountain bikes and I had only been able to ride mine two or three times due to the weather. The day we rode the wind was low, the sun was out and the temperature was in the high teens centigrade. Really nice.
I have converted my old mountain bike into my shopping/getting about bike, with panniers and 1.75 inch road tires. Who needs a car?
Just a couple of guys with their new bikes!
— JDCM