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Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Patmos » Skala June 20th 2011

Sunday 19th June, 2011 We went out for a walk and some dinner at seven thirty. We strolled to the far marina looking at the yachts and fishing boats. We passed the place were St John the Theologian held his baptisms which had been mentioned to us in the information centre. Then back to the restaurant above La Strada that we had visited the other day. The restaurant was on 1st floor so we had a view out over the harbour. We had a Greek salad, moussaka and home made burger. They didn't do coffee when asked! but we were given a free dessert of a large fig each and a shot of something alcoholic. The bill came to €29.50 and I would comment that the service was very good. Back to the square and we ... read more

Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Patmos » Skala June 19th 2011

Saturday 18th June 2011 We had a lazy start to the day and there is no breakfast at our current location so no reason to hurry anywhere. We have cooking facilities and can make ourselves coffee which is great. The other bonus is a washing machine in the room. So we popped out and found a good sized supermarket not far away called AB and bought some washing powder. We returned and with the help of the room cleaner put some washing in. Then sometime after 11 o'clock we headed off to explore the town. Our first task was to buy our next ferry ticket and find out ferry times. We have decided that we will move down the Dodecanese chain picking and choosing the islands we wish to visit and skipping those we don't. The ... read more
Patmos

Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Patmos » Skala June 17th 2011

Friday 17th �June, 2011 We made a move to breakfast at 0920 and had the usual. Back to the room and slowly packed our stuff. A visit to the supermarket for some water, then took our stuff down to reception. It was just before 12 o'clock and the taxi was due at 1230 so after we handed the key we went for a last look around the harbour. We walked back to reception at 1220 and the taxi had arrived and was loading our bags. Perfect timing. An uneventful journey to Pithagorio and we arrived at 1305 hrs. A short amount of time to wait as the ferry was due to leave at 1410, as we waited the numbers of people gradually increased. Our ferry the Nissos Kalymnos duly arrived with the usual chaos of everyone ... read more

Europe » Greece » North Aegean » Samos June 16th 2011

Wednesday 15th June, 2011 An easier day was the plan. We went down to breakfast at nine fifteen and had the usual. Back to the room then we slowly got ready and left about 1030. We walked to the next village of Votsalakia and headed straight for a bar to have a quick drink of beer and a coke. Then on to the beach. We sunbathed and read until three o'clock and had a lunch of Greek salad, pork Souvlaki and pork chop in the same beach cafe we had drunk earlier. At five o'clock we went back to the hotel. The walk to Votsalakia is about three kilometres but other than that an easy day. Much later we took a walk along the harbour wall and took at closer look at the boats tied up ... read more
Ormos Harbour

Europe » Greece » North Aegean » Samos June 14th 2011

Monday 13th June 2011 cont'd 5.30 pm We had decided to hire a car for a day to see a few places around the island and made enquiries at the hotel reception. We had said that we would like the car for one day tomorrow - Tuesday. It turned out that we could have the car from now if we wanted until tomorrow evening as it would cost no extra. We said yes. The hire car was from Mirto and turned up a short while later. The forms were filled in and a quick tour of the controls and that was us. Because we had the car now we hopped in for a quick drive and headed West to the corner of the Island and got as far as Paleochoria. The main road skirted the coast ... read more
Heraion Samos
Pithagorio
Pithogorio

Europe » Greece » North Aegean » Samos June 13th 2011

Sunday 12th June, 2011 We had a breakfast as part of the room rate and went down at nine fifteen. It was the usual continental style meal. We wanted a look around Vathi before we moved on so arranged with the lady to look after our bags, which she said we could keep in the room. We went back up to the room and quickly packed our stuff and left the big bags in the room. We wandered out into the world and the Nissos Mykonos was still there from last night. We headed towards the bus station to try and find times for buses, which we did but because today was Sunday we weren't able to get a bus in the direction we wanted. We could have got a bus to Kalovasi at 1400 which ... read more
The Kouros at Samos

Europe » Greece » North Aegean » Samos June 11th 2011

Friday 10th June, 2011 cont'd At about seven thirty we took our evening constitutional and ended up in a restaurant called Estiatorio not far along the harbour. We had a Greek salad, moussaka and pork chop with drinks and a free dessert the bill came to €25.00. A traditional style restaurant nothing fancy but decent food. Then more ambling along looking at the yachts and cabin cruisers. We had seen a place that made crepes which we made our way back to through the town. With a little work as there was no English menu we ordered two chocolate crepes and one with hazelnuts. They were a good size portion and we had a small water, which they wouldn't take the money for, and the Crepes cost €5.10, we were pleasantly stuffed. Then back to the ... read more

Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Syros June 10th 2011

Thursday 9th June 2011 We went out for our evening stroll at 8 o'clock and wandered back to the harbour area. There was a warehouse outlet on the way that we popped into and bought some new shorts for me. We worked our way up to the main square and had a drink in a cafe called Quick, sitting watching the kids running all over the place and the traffic doing lots of silly things, some things don't change. We weren't that hungry and decided on a croissant back at our current favourite cafe Coffeeright and returned to the room at 11 o'clock. Friday 10 June, 2011 I slept late today and the clock said 1020 when I finally stirred. We had been talking about our next move and had seen that there were ferries to ... read more
Ermoupolis Harbour

Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Syros June 9th 2011

Thursday 9th June, 2011 We left the room at 1040 and went for a stroll around the town. We stopped at the Coffeeright cafe to have some coffee and croissants for our breakfast while watching the Blue Star Ithakis make it's morning visit. Then all the way around to the end of the harbour wall looking at the long row of similar yachts as we went along. we have assumed that they are charter yachts. Then the long hike up and up and up to Ano Syros, the Roman Catholic church overlooking the entire town. The weather was overcast to start with but very humid and hot. The sky cleared as we went along and we certainly sweated some climbing up. Lovely view from the top looking all over the town. Then back down and as ... read more
Ano Syros
Ermoupolis

Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Syros June 8th 2011

Tuesday 7th June 2011 We left the apartment at 7 o'clock and went to the Point cafe just across the road. We had a drink and did some blogging and surfing then ordered some food. Pat had the Special #1 and I had the special #2. Special # 1 was Greek salad and fresh fish and chips with a glass of wine, Special #2 was Greek Salad, Tzatsiki, kebab, pitta bread and a glass of wine both at €10. We both enjoyed our meals and thought it good value. We are near the bus station at the top end of Mykonos and as Pat has said eating anywhere near a bus station turns out to be very good value from our recent experiences on several different islands. This cafe is also a good place to watch ... read more




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