Turquoise Water and Mountain Views

Our Greek Island holiday was a bit of a mixed bag, weatherwise. We went to Keffalonia (which has various spellings) It is one of the Ionian group. We have been several times and we love it.

Our villa, in the village of Antipata, was lovely. There were views across green wooded areas to the sea.

On our first day it rained .... all day. It was a bit of a shock seeing as we were quite cold as well. Luckily Paula had suggested that we took more warm clothes. I am so glad we did. And we were stocked up on our favourite food.

 

We had a large covered area so we could still sit outside on the sofa set even when it was raining.

We had rainbows.

 

The following three days were just brilliant thank goodness.

We did a very long walk to Dafnoudi Beach ... a path leading down through a rocky wooded valley, opening out onto a rather stony beach. Glad to have had our swim shoes. The water was delightful. 

We had lunch in the Old Stone House which was the only restaurant in the tiny village but my goodness the food was good. 

I would go so far as to say, the best moussaka I`ve ever had. As you can see I did cut it in half but the whole lot was consumed ..... with relish.

It was a very busy place with people in and out all the time. This proved difficult on rainy days as everyone was squeezed inside.

I highly recommend this place. It is not far from Fiskardo which I understand is very expensive. We got a bit of a taster when we treated ourselves to three cakes here. The price ..... 9 euros (£8.50) I did not even enjoy mine!!

 

But it was a beautiful town .....  tiny clothes shops, souvenir shops, blue cushioned seating in quayside restaurants, moored yachts, flower-decked steps, walls of plant pots, bougainvillea spilling everywhere.

We visited Emblissi Beach on the way home. This location was stunning.
 

Turquoise water, smaller pebbles, quiet, mountain views.

Swimming here is going to be a treasured memory, floating around with the distant peaks topped by cotton wool clouds.

We had another day of rain where we were literally wrapped in blankets, having to sit indoors and turning on the air conditioning to heat .... unheard of.

But we need to remember that the Keffalonians have not seen rain for 5 long months so it was very welcome for them, if not for tourists.

 More next time.