Well things have definitely settled down now that September is here ... fewer guests, less work, today is my day off, practised challenging Ashtanga yoga at 6.30 for 1.5 hours, I'm getting stronger and stronger! And I need to be ... life in the kitchen of a retreat centre is demanding to say the least ... all that chopping, standing on ceramic floors ... lifting/carrying/washing/shelving large pots ... and then the multi tasking of ensuring everything is out by lunch or dinner time. The food is wonderful, all fresh and local from the Island of Crete ... vegetables are plentiful as is the fruit selection ... we make a wide variety of gain/vegetable/bean salads as well as lovely thick, rich soups, desserts (cakes of all types, puddings with chocolate sauces, flapjacks (must be a British or Scottish thing because it's more like a granola bar to me) ... some favourites are the millet salads mixed with dill and other fresh herbs, pizzas with Greek feta cheese and potato or beets ... mmmmm ... we pretty much live outside here ... it is still pretty hot ... around 25 Degrees Celsius, cooler at night. Still swimming every day and walking ... as well as having massages from our resident masseuse, Lily. Guests are much more laid back and commited to their yoga practises this time of year, the summer holidaymakers and families have returned home.
All in all, much more relaxed, we can breathe a little more and enjoy the lovely scenary, sunsets are magnificent, walking is much more pleasant ....more to follow.
B.xxx
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