"Carnival Sunday" and Clean Monday


 Sunday 1st March,
 Kalo Mina!
Today would normally have been Carnival day, but due to the embargo put on all Carnival events in Greece this year - due to fears of the spread of Corona virus - all festivities were put on hold.
The day was sunny and bright - with a cool breeze, so we wandered down to Kalyves anyway.




The almond blossom is all coming out.



Kalyves was calm and quiet












 Rather a contrast to it's normal celebrations and what was planned.


There were families out enjoying the sun, having coffee and meals with the children dressed in their carnival costumes.
It is estimated that the losses to Rethymnon alone, due to the cancellation of the carnival will reach about 15,000,000 euros!

Clean Monday


Started the day by going to the bakery to collect a Lagana -unleavened bread, yummy with sesame seeds. You can find a recipe for laguna on the Apokoronas our home website


The old wood fired bakery at Georgioupolis

Again all the celebrations have been cancelled
In the past we have been to the camel festival at Kaina:






...And the Camel festival at Gerani:








Make your own memories - plan to be there next year!

We visited Georgioupolis and watched the families flying kites 





We had planned to have lunch at Lake Kournas but the traffic was bumper to bumper and along with several coach trips it was very crowded, so we returned to Georgioupolis  where Taverna Babis had live music


Traditional fare for Clean Monday  - Beetroot and Skordalia


Kalamares with fennel


Octopus


Prawns



sultana and orange Halva



Live music










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