Winter is Done - Finished - Kaput!

January 11 - Winter has come and gone.  The temperature was up 10 degrees this morning, and it's supposed to be 10 degrees warmer again tomorrow.  I don't know if this is normal, but we'll take it.

After meeting this morning, we took the younger Hellen and "inspected" the new pizza parlor that just opened along the waterfront.  One feels an immense responsibility to recommend good restaurants to visitors.  Smile.  After six months of eating Greek food, which is pretty bland, we got to sample cannoloni, calzone, ravioli and, of course, pepperoni.  I only wish Doyle was here to share in the discovery.

Anna, Erica, and Hellen. 

The most colorful character on Samos!  The olive-wood stoked oven makes fantastic breads and pizzas.

It was Anna's birthday January 13.  Her father worked on the Suez Canal, as did a lot of Greeks, and she was born in Egypt.  Anna speaks four languages: Arabic, French, English, and Greek.

We invited a neighbor lady, Maria, in for birthday cake.