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Fiscardo Harbour

Fiscardo -Shimmering Blue And Speckled With Yachts and Flowers

Written by Machair1 on December 6, 2009

  • When we visited the harbour in the village of Fiscardo in the northern tip of Kefalonia nothing could have prepared us for the beautiful azure blue scene which was littered with sailing boats bobbing and...
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The Olive Groves Of Katelios

In The Shadow Of Olive Groves

Written by Machair1 on November 22, 2009

  • When I initially booked a holiday to Kefalonia I had to be sure that the place I decided on was somewhere which would serve as a perfect base from which to explore the island, but...
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Melissani Cave,Kefalonia

A Place For Tourists and Turtles (Kefalonia)

Written by Machair1 on October 27, 2009

  • It seems hard to imagine that less than a month ago I was standing on the top of a mountain top village, Markopoulo in Kefalonia, watching the procession of church goers following the priest into...
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Santorini shot

Santorini-The Bucket List Destination

Written by Bev24 on October 15, 2009

  • In the hollywood movie with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, they talk about their "bucket list" the list of things they want to do before they "kick the bucket" aka die. Without a doubt, the...
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Ocean Village Funnel

Cruising for the First Time

Written by Meggysmum on October 11, 2009

  • Ocean Village market themselves as the "Cruise for People who Don’t do Cruises". Feeling that as a family we would feel restricted on a traditional cruise line we decided to take our first steps...
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The Holy Monastery of Rousa in the Metéora, Greece

Suspended Rocks and Religion

Written by UK Flower Girl on September 18, 2009

  • People asked me what we were doing visiting the north of Greece as most people visit Athens and the islands to the south. Once I showed them the truly stunning landscape photos of the...
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Athens

Written by MALUSE on September 1, 2009

  • Athens proper isn’t a very big city, it has only 750 000 inhabitants, but one can’t notice where the city begins and ends, what appears to be one city is a conurbation of several...
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Crete

Written by MALUSE on September 1, 2009

  • We went to Crete for one week at the beginning of November to fill ourselves up with sunshine before the drab and dreary season starts in Germany, how could we know that the island would...
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Palace of Knossos, Crete

Written by MALUSE on September 1, 2009

  • Why is Europe called Europe? Come with me to Crete, to the Palace of Knossòs (stress on the second syllable) to be precise, and I’ll tell you the myth and also some others which you...
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On the Road from Kranidi

Driving There

Written by skeptic on December 30, 2008

  • This is about driving in Greece, and all the good advice is to avoid driving in Greece. Here is more of the same.Pick up your rent car at the airport in Athens and...
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