Dancing Shoes Should be Worn!

Hello friends, Eddie back with you again after my spell of boat minding. I have to say that although George & Yorkie are very dear friends of mine, on this occasion I don't agree with them. I'm talking about their feeling that Greek dancing should be left to the experts, as reported in their last post.

Well, a few days after George & Yorkie's night on the town, I was out and about on the island of Meganisi and had a meal with our minders and friends at a taverna where there was Greek dancing. Once the owner had finshed waiting on tables, he, and his brother the cook, took to the floor and impressed us all with a very accomplished piece of dancing. They then encouraged us all to join in, and I always say, that if someone is friendly and encouraging to you, then you should be the same back.


I therefore wasted no time in joining in and boy did I have fun. There is certainly a lot of truth in that saying, 'if you can't beat them join them'. My efforts and those of the others who joined in certainly brought a lot of smiles to the faces of the local Greeks. Getting us to dance was also good for their business as we worked up such a thirst by being so energetic that we all put in orders for lots more drinks.

In the meantime, were George & Yorkie converted? When I looked round for them I found them totally absorbed by the local wine.


Mind you I can't say really blame them as it was rather good (and very cheap!)

Lots of love Eddie xxx

A Night on the Town

One evening, while Eddie was on boat watching duties, Yorkie and I decided to go on a taverna crawl in search of some excellent Greek food and drink. We'll tell about some of the culinary delights in a future post, for now we're going to tell you about the entertainment side of the evening.

While we were taverna window shopping, getting a feel for where was best to eat, we kept an eye open for the beatiful sunset and some of the harbour side sights. We found our minders and their friends all having their photo taken with a statue of a green man wielding a green paint brush. We thought it a bit strange but as everyone was taking photos we decided it must be something important, so took our own photo once the crowds had moved on.


We bumped into our minders again a bit later and as the food looked rather good, we joined them. As we were chomping our way through our food some Greek music started playing and some of the Greeks started dancing. We thought this was rather good and were very pleased to be experiencing some local culture. Then our minders and their friends went and ruined what was a very authentic experience, by joining in. It then quickly became the opposite of authentic! We were very embarrassed.


We edged forward for a closer look but we really couldn't understand why they couldn't leave it to the experts. I guess bear psychology is a quite a bit different to human psychology and we still have a lot to understand.

We were about to leave when we spotted Jono and Stu of the lead crew doing something far more sensible than Greek dancing. They were at the bar watching the European football match that was on. We hurried over to join them and were quickly in our element being macho bears and doing a bit of male bonding.


Far more to our taste than Greek dancing.

Lots of love George & Yorkie xxx