Athens - kicking the can can be fun

Another long blog break and hey presto it's July! We've moved house, sent half our chattels to London, half to Simonstown. We found homes for our dog and cat. We're selling two cars, made umpteen trips to the dump. Change is good they say and it's true but it's also daunting and sad. I had a long run through the suburbs of Rondebosch to say goodbye to all the places I know so well there. Matt, our son, has skipped the nest and is schmoozing around Europe with a couple of mates. They started in Athens and saw some of the demos as parliament debated yet another austerity programme. Once again Greece stepped back from the brink. People say this is just kicking the can down the road. I say yes it's true and what's wrong with that? When I was a kid I used to kick cans down the road and it was fun. Sometimes I'd score a goal. They have no choice. It's the politics stupid. It takes time for politicians to make the compromises necessary to restructure Greek debt in an orderly way, but it can be done. In the meantime keep on kicking. The QSL dates back to 1968 from the Telcoms utility OTE. This is one of the state assets Greece must sell in order to help reduce its sovereign debt.