Blogs from Sivota, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe

Hello all My computer is still stuffed so have borrowed one just to update. Still very very hot so lots of swimming, lots of drinking and eating, Reading and generally lazing. Since the last blog we have travelled from Corfu to Paxo, Antipaxos then on to Preveza wher we stayed for two night , hired a rental car to vist ruins dating back to BC, a spring fed river, which was so cold it froze out feet, but and idyllic place. The beach towns were unbelievable especially the resort of Parga. We want to have a holiday here. We are falling in love with Greece. The people are very very friendly and the coves and islands we have called in to are magic!!!! Last night we slept in a bay off the island of Skorpios which ... read more

Thought some of you might be curious to see what we call 'home' for a few months every year. Not much bigger than some of your cupboards. But we love it..... An old yachting tradition is to have a painting in the saloon of your yacht - usually of a boat - but we chose to have a painting which reminded us of home! So we have a lovely painting (rather chocolate boxish) of the mountains. As I am sure some of you are aware, many European yachties are lucky enough to be able to sail with their animals on board. (They bring them with them from Europe or UK, usually by car or on the boat). We were rather envious of this and so adopted a pair of cats. Their names are Ari and Jacquie ... read more