Saturday, August 4, 2007

Wonderful and not so Wonderful

Last night we rented a car early. As you may recall, our weekend starts Saturday night at 6, but this week we decided to pick up the car on Friday. After dinner, we all headed out to the beach at Chipos, on the edge of the island closest to Turkey. It was amazing -- the water is full of phosphorescent algae, like little shining stars around your arms and legs when you swim. Before the moon rose, the stars were so clear that you could see the cloudiness of the Milky Way. Stunning. Genevieve made up constellation stories for us and I successfully drove our car around a herd of goats sleeping in the road -- it was a great night.

This morning, however, my computer power cord died. I feel bereft! That computer is my phone, my TV, my workday tool, the repository of my papers... I will stop short of saying my best friend. But I do love my little Toshiba. Hopefully a new power cord next week will do the trick. Wish me luck!

3 comments:

Not_The_Irish_Tenor said...

glad to hear you're out and about after your run-in with allergic food reactions.

Navigating around a sleping herd of goats ... not baaaad (pun intended)

can you get a power cord for a Toshiba in Samothrace?

K said...

HA! No, you can't get a power cord for any computer here -- all computer parts are shipped from the nearest mainland town, Alexandropoulis. THey put it on the ferry for you (our scanner, ink cartidges, everything gets here that way).

However, you can buy goat bells in most major supermarkets. Not floss, though.

Not_The_Irish_Tenor said...

why would you floss a goat?
do they have baaaaaad breath?