All set for Christmas

Well, we have been back in Crete for nearly six or seven weeks now, which seems to have whizzed by. We have got ourselves all set for Christmas already.

On our last day in the UK we did a day-trip to Cambridge to go on a 'ghost walk' and to see Idlewild play at The Junction. During the day we popped into one of Lakeland's stores and eyed up their range of Christmas Puddings. In the end we decided it was too much effort to try and squeeze one into our suitcase, and so decided we'd wait until we got to Crete to try and get one.

Which we've managed. Just near Platiea 1866 there is a delicatessen that imports lots of exotic foreign wines, preserves, cured meats and cheeses.

Called Μπακαλογατος, we popped in a couple of weeks back and found them putting their Christmas stocks out. So we have mincemeat (the fruity kind) with brandy for making pies, and a Christmas Pudding for Christmas day.

It would have been quite a bit cheaper to have smuggled over the one from Lakeland though!