Palatino Hotel Zakynthos

But of course I didn’t say anything. I didn’t have to!

Setting out this morning, Brian’s foot kept hitting his left pannier. Seems that one of the major welds had broken through and the whole thing was twisting funny over the frame.

You may remember back in Scotland when Brian’s previous rack did this and we patched it up with string and ...

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The first thing we discovered is that any time you wish to board the boat you have to walk six feet across a 12 inch wide plank. One slip and you are into the water. Try doing that after a couple of drinks or with our big suitcases.

Our fellow passengers were all from Canada. Our captain’s name was Steve. Steve was a school teacher, and his family was from Greece. He had married a Greek woman and was now living in Athens. Steve’s assistant was Janelle ...

... will find yourself in the amazing swimming place. Be carefull if you don't know how to swim, the water is very deep.

If you do this trip, you can consider you've seen about everything that was very important not to miss, and to save your other days for beaches, bar and cocktails.

Regarding ferries, the ticket is 8,2 Euro/person and 37,5 Euro/car, one way. The trip lasts about one hour. You cand take the feery every 1 1/2 - 2 hours. The last one is about 8 o'clock.

... out the jet skis, kayak, banana boat, etc. I am so salty that all I need is a lime and some tequilla to make my own body shots. An interesting idea for next time.... Walked through town with Mr B, then took a hike w/ the concierge over the hill to a small cove, with beautiful blue-green water ...

Visited Ancient Olympia where ancient Olympics were held for
centuries. Held at site of Zeus' Temple. In the museum they have the
figures that adorned the eaves above the temple - most impressive.
Tributes were given to Zeus, and the museum is also filled with
Katakolon, Greece cpandjy

... and other provisions at a supermarket. Then we headed back to the campsite via Kastro, where we stopped for something to eat; the village had all the air of expecting a massive influx of tourists - just not today... so we ended up getting a couple of huge tiropittes and taking them back to the campsite.

After lunch, the weather closed in quite surprisingly to become totally overcast. Paul persuaded me ...

... with the bulk of this mighty castle, which was as marvellous as I had remembered it.









Fortunately - but also frustratingly - we were able to take a look at two of the rooms in the new museum of Frankish antiquities which was being put together in the castle. I had heard that this was to open in July, but it wasn't quite ready, and we were told that it would ...

... Kyllini which was full. As we got off, Johnny tried to close the big luggage storage door underneath but it went crooked and sort of looked broken. When we left, the driver was still trying to make it go down straight.

In Kyllini, we bought tickets to go to Zakynthos, a nearby Greek island in the Ionian sea, by ferry. We were able to spend about half an hour at the Kyllini beach while we waited for the ferry. It had beautiful crystal clear waters where you ...

Isn't that funny? I love sun, heat, swimming-pool, seaside, but I got bored in such conditions on Zakynthos. I thought as if I was in a cage. Touristic zone, small Porta Koukla, near Laganas - was too small for the city dweller like me. One restaurant and two shops when I could pay with credit cards. Is it EU at all? With such a huge touristic demand and therfore experience they didn't think much of the facilities.

... održavaju se u čast Agios Dionisiosa, zaštitnika Zakintosa. Prvi od dva festivala održava se 24. avgusta a obeležava dana kada je telo ovog svetca premešteno iz manastira Strofadia u crkvu Agios Dionysios gde se i danas nalazi.  Drugi festival obeležava se 17. decembra kada je ovaj svetac umro.  Oba festivala traju po tri dana a sastoje se u nizu religioznih ceremonija praćenih tradicionalnim plesom i muzikom. Slu ...