14th September 2017
Our friends flew back yesterday. We had a meal on the terrace of Stavros' taverna the night before and wished Simon a happy birthday for the 13th. J and S not happy to be going home I don't think - their 10days on this island was only just enough for them to have unwound from their incredibly busy lives.
We had been somewhat blown off the beach earlier - the wind quite strong so that umbrellas had to be closed and the sea pushed you about if you dared to swim, quite fun though. Back at the villa, the wind was welcome, the pool barely ruffled.
The Internet connection at the villa is practically non existent - weak and in and out, so frustrating. However it gives you the excuse to go down to Syvota Bakery where the connection is fast and you can have a coffee and a pastry or a freshly squeezed orange juice in a jam jar. Most of the yachts had left for the day by the time we got down there today; 11. So the little streets were very quiet. There is just the faintest of breezes and the sea looks very calm, viewing from the villa the white sails were abundant. A rowdy bunch of Greek youths took off in a catamaran with eeky deeky music blaring and girls dancing - that's gonna be a riot of a day!
We are still confused as to the islands we are overlooking here. We are at the most southerly end of Syvota and can see Meganissy on the horizon, but in our foreground are 2 islands that someone told us were Ithakas, although one is called Akouda. Then further to the south there are more, the furthest being Kefalonia. Oddly the paper Lefkas Map we have (which is very basic) does not show them and we have struggled to find them online on google maps. We may have to resort to a shipping chart to really identify them.
Our friends flew back yesterday. We had a meal on the terrace of Stavros' taverna the night before and wished Simon a happy birthday for the 13th. J and S not happy to be going home I don't think - their 10days on this island was only just enough for them to have unwound from their incredibly busy lives.
We had been somewhat blown off the beach earlier - the wind quite strong so that umbrellas had to be closed and the sea pushed you about if you dared to swim, quite fun though. Back at the villa, the wind was welcome, the pool barely ruffled.
The Internet connection at the villa is practically non existent - weak and in and out, so frustrating. However it gives you the excuse to go down to Syvota Bakery where the connection is fast and you can have a coffee and a pastry or a freshly squeezed orange juice in a jam jar. Most of the yachts had left for the day by the time we got down there today; 11. So the little streets were very quiet. There is just the faintest of breezes and the sea looks very calm, viewing from the villa the white sails were abundant. A rowdy bunch of Greek youths took off in a catamaran with eeky deeky music blaring and girls dancing - that's gonna be a riot of a day!
We are still confused as to the islands we are overlooking here. We are at the most southerly end of Syvota and can see Meganissy on the horizon, but in our foreground are 2 islands that someone told us were Ithakas, although one is called Akouda. Then further to the south there are more, the furthest being Kefalonia. Oddly the paper Lefkas Map we have (which is very basic) does not show them and we have struggled to find them online on google maps. We may have to resort to a shipping chart to really identify them.
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