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Volos Lunch Stop & Agria
19 OCTOBER 2012 - (Cont’d) - We arrive in Volos, not a overally pretty city. We found a park near the water and get our picnic box out. We park our bums on a park bench and prepare our ham, cheese and tomato baguettes. Next minute we get a visit from two elderly ladies, talking Greek and we had no idea what they wanted. We thought either she wants some of our lunch or money or she is a bible basher. We said we speak English, she says ...
Beautiful, Mamma Mia, Scenery & Buckets of Rain
... it was scary at times. The sealed roads are so narrow and the edge of roads have no barriers and some have a shear drop either down the cliff or down a ditch. Seriously you have to be very careful driving down here but Troy was very careful and taking it easy. He was driving in 1st, 2nd and 3rd gear most of the time and we got just a bit excited when he would go into 4th gear -- the roads are very windy on this island. It was drizzling before we ...
Island Hopping - First stop Skiathos
... annoyed. She dumped her left overs on my plate. I didn’t eat it. Every time she wanted my attention she would either nudge me or grab my arm. I had enough by now. She did ask me “I hope I am not invading your space”.... I should of been honest but smiled. It turns out that this English group of four were the entertainment for the night. The Scottish dude ended up getting up and singing a few songs. One of them was “Delia” and ...
Skiathos goed bekeken
We zijn dus aangekomen op Skiathos. Even bijtanken de komende twee dagen, lekker zwemmen, lezen en luieren en zorgen dat we niet te veel opwarmen, want warm is het nu echt wel. In de baai van Koukoukaries waar we nu liggen kunnen we verder niets meer, ons water dreigt op te raken, onze leefvoorraad en ook de diesel moet worden aangevuld. Skiathos stad is de aangewezen plaats voor dit soort zaken. Vrijdag lichten we daarom het anker ...
The amazing coasts of Rovies -North Evia
ROVIES
Rovies is another beautiful and very popular holiday destination located about 96 Kms from Halkida, and only 15 kms from Edipsos. The coasts here are really beautiful as you see them from my pictures and the whole area is covered in rich fauna and rich vegetation with beautiful landscapes.
Restaurants and local tavernas are found all over especially by the coastal area. ...