Sirene Hotel Poros

After 7 months of sunshine in Greece we have decided we need a little more so are heading south in search of more blue skies...first destination though is Singapore to check out the Hawker Markets and Zoo. Then onto Cairns where we pick up our 'Spaceship' which will be our home for 10 weeks as we head down the east coast to Melbourne. Assuming that we survive the snakes ...

THE TRIP BACK HOME

FROM POROS PORT IN KEFALONIA, TO KYLINI (PELOPONYSOS)

The day is beautiful today, and there is sunshine.

It is windy however, and we decided to return from Kilini instead, just one and a half hours in the Ferry.

... fir tree-covered Aenos.



SPOTS WORTH VISITNG ARE:



The Koryalenios library, which is one of the largest libraries in Greece in which an exciting collection of Byzantine icons are displayed.



The Historic and Folklore Museum, where the whole of island’s history is unwound through rich exhibits and lastly the historical theatre – The ...

... old days, but everything has changed now.

Even us, have changed so much.



Nico left Evia, and lives with his new wife in Kefalonia now. He seems so calm and seems to enjoy his new life. I was pleased to see him and we all remembered the good old days when he was in Evia with us. He promised to come to Evia and see us, and we shall arrange Music nights like those days again.
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... Angalaki, and Chiridoni are worth visiting.



A road to the East of Sami leads to the beautiful beach of Antisamos, with its bright white pebbles embraced by crystal clear blue-green waters.



Another road will take us to a hill top, where the Abbey of Agrilion, dedicated to Hyperagia Theotocos (God’s Holy Mother) is situated Cosmas the Aetolian used to teach there. The Abey ...

... Paraskevi Taphion and the Dracospilia Cave are also situated in the vicinity. The beach of Platia Ammos (Wide Sand) which is ideal for vessels’ anchoring, and the Village of Vilatoria are situated further North.

From Vilatoria the road winds down to a sublime beach, Petani, which is counted among the most beautiful beaches on the island and is covered with white sand and surrounded by crystal clear blue-green waters.

... findings was found at the site of Borzi, we reach Poros.



POROS

Poro s, an important port of the island, is also frequently visited seaside town combining mountain and sea with beautiful beaches and crystal clear blue-green waters.


After leaving Poros, traveling along a beautiful route to the town of Sami and passing partly through mountainous areas to the East of ...

... Rich and John bought wine to share with the other passengers and decided to teach them how to play Canasta. Canasta, wine, and electricity made for a decent evening.

Finally, it was the day that the sailboat would take us back to Athens. We sailed most of the day without using the engine. It was quite nice to enjoy the day on the water. By late afternoon we had made it safely back to the port in Athens and disembarked. We grabbed a taxi and headed to Piraeus to spend the night.

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.

... were Brits) and all I got was a terrified shrug of the shoulders in return. They then proceeded to cause chaos for a further half hour until a professional instructor managed to get on board and bring them safely in. I wandered over to chat to them. They told me that the boat had no anchor winch, they had no idea how to moor Med style, had only done a little training on the South Coast of England which did not include anchoring. The ...