Blogs from Epirus, Greece, Europe - page 4

Geo: 39.293, 20.3936 GÜN 48, GUNLERDEN PERŞEMBE: Yola çıktık .Nermin "bana güvenmeyiniz" diyor... Bildiğiniz gibi Nermin'in ( GPS ) burada nutku tutuluyor...sesi soluğu kesiliyor.. Kısaca Nermin bu arazide Fransız... Kısa bir yolculuk sonunda, Parga'ya vardık.. Bildiğiniz gibi Parga ,"Muhteşem yüz yıl" dizisinden sonra çok inn... Kardeşim Turhan, burayı pek methetti. Biz de kalktık geldik.İlk görüşte birbirimizi sevdik.. İlk vardığımız kampı, hiç beğenmedim. Elimizdeki belgelere göre, burası sözde bu bölgenin en iyi kampı..fakat kampı görünce bu bilgilerin yanlış olduğunu hemen anladım.. Yayınlayan da kusur bulamıyorum..bilgi verenler sahtekar... Oradan dönüp tekrar Parga içine girdik. Parga (Yunanca: Πάργα) Yunanistan'da, Epir Periferi'sinde, Preveze idari bölgesinde (nomos) küçük bir şehirdir. ... read more

Friday 15th April 2011 Up and off to Ancona to catch the ferry ( 2 days late ) to Igoumenitsa, Northern Greece. Arrived in plenty of time and collected tickets however there were no cabins available and it looks at this stage as though we are going to spend an uncomfortable night in airline style seats. Our departure is delayed due to passengers being diverted from Venice where their sailing has been cancelled. As a result the ship is full to bursting and hope of a cabin diminishes. Max ( god bless ) waits patiently in reception for 2 hours as cabins are allocated to passengers that have been diverted from Venice. Finally the only spare cabin available is offered to us – an outside junior suite sleeping 3 – we take it, the boys can ... read more

Today we drove to Ioannia (YAH-nen-nah), a 4.5 hour drive. Around noon we stopped in a little town, don't even know the name. Had some coffee, took a walk. Then we drove on, oh-ing and ah-ing over the pretty cliffs... We stopped in a little village (Nea Moussiotitsa, Agios Dimitrios) while still in the mountains, it was a little place right off the road. The BEST coffee I have had in... forever... and this yummy dish called Tyropita me filo kroustas (τυρóπιτα). Basically Cheese Pie with phylo crust. It was so good. Talking to the guy who seated/served us, his mom made it. And that, two coffees and two espressos, less than 10 euros. Nice! So now we are at Dovitel in Perama. The hotel is very pretty, a bit warm though. I tried to get ... read more

Geo: 39.6675, 20.8508We had a massive day, 600km's on the road heading towards the port town that i cannot spell let alone pronounce (something like Ingomeniesia).55km short of our goal we pulled into Ioannina and found a nice hotel. It is the flashiest place we have stayed in, everything is clean, no bugs, even a bath robe. Well so it should for $80 EUR.Off to Italy tomorrow via the ferry then off to see my Aunty Olga, should be fun.... read more

6th July and a well deserved week to the beautiful Village of Sivota in Mainland Greece. Kat myself and Kats mum ( mother in law to be ) took a flight to the island of corfu where we then took a ferry to Igoumenitsa and then a short taxi drive to Sivota. Sivota was mainly a small fishing village but over the years has increased in popularity with the sailing community and bears host to a large array of yachts and motorboats. We stayed in the Blue Coast apartments which looked directly over the harbour and is run by Angie and Mert. The food there is great so even if you didnt stay there its well worth a visit. After our 2 days of doing nothing but relaxing and laying on the beach we hired a ... read more