Kathy came prepared with a list of the riding clubs in Athens area and we set out early to find the nearest one. We found it with little difficulty since Kathy had printed off Maporama directions. With Theodosia translating for us we made inquiry. The club is not open in August as Kathy suspected. Everyone including the horses goes on vacation. That is, everyone except for the grooms, obviously. The man at the office said we could look at the horses. We looked in on about thirty horses, all beautiful and perfectly groomed. We took pictures of some.
A visit to a second horse club nearby established that club was open during the week but this was a Saturday. There was a jumping lesson going on in an outdoor ring. Theodosia talked to a man who has his horse stabled there. He gave her the name and phone number of the owner who could set up an appointment for Kathy and an instructor to give her a lesson if she wanted. Kathy was very pleased to see the horses and Theodosia has expanded her already extensive fund of information. Theodosia joked maybe she might even go riding with Kathy some day. That I would like to see, Theodosia on a horse.
In the evening we were invited to Christos' brother's for a dinner which turned out to be a belated birthday celebration for me. We had wonderful food to eat, mousaka, macaronipita, salata, kolokethopita (phylo with pumpkin filling), feta, chicken from a Chinese place, tzatziki, pork chops, meat balls and topped that off with ice cream cake and the last course, pieces of fresh fruit. Theodosia and Christos gave me a small battery-operated clock and when it needed a battery, our hostess found one and other eager hands installed it, set the time and gave it to me, all set to go. I love it; it is beautiful.
The kittens are all still alive and fighting each other furiously for their turn at the milk stations of which there are only six. The tiny kittens know nothing of sharing, only survival.
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