I promised something a little more interesting by way of a post for today and I thought that I would try to combine words and pictures to describe our Summer holiday to Kefalonia.
We have visited the island on a number of previous occasions although only really staying in the little fishing village of Katelios at the Eastern end. This time we were heading for Lixouri which is further to the West on the promontory facing towards mainland Europe where my Sister M and her family were due to be doing a sailing course.
E. had already headed back to UK to catch up with her parents at the end of June and A. had arrived back in Dubai after completing his first year at college mid-June so V., A. and I headed to London to catch up with the rest of the family and we all set out for Greece on 30 July (V’s birthday and as she never tires of telling us, a seemingly favoured day for any flight plans we have over the Summer - my usual response is that at least she get’s to spend her birthday in two different countries!).
It was just the 8 of us this time as Dad’s mobility does not really allow him to fly these days. We had hired two (pretty small) cars to transport us from the airport and I had forgotten how much fun trying to drive a fully laden manual car up steep hills with my knees at the same level as my head in an unfamiliar town can be ……..
The shortest route was from the airport near Agostini by ferry to our Villa just outside of Lixouri but we decided to go the long way round rather by see and so enjoyed some amazing views along the road hugging the mountains as we skirted the waters of the bay before arriving at our Villa.
The Villa was a little too far outside Lixouri to walk so we shuttled in and out for our evening meals by taxi and some of the restaurants had spectacular views - the picture below from our final meal at Lixouri.
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