Island Life -- Greek Style
We've returned from a weekend tour of the island of Kefallonia (sp?), in the Ionian Sea. After seeing one too many "Captain Correlli's Cafe" establishments, I vaguely recalled that book/movie being set in Greece...
As it is high season, most of the hotels I looked at before we left Boston were already booked. Sonia's mother booked us on a Greek group tour ("A Pullman Tour", which means you ride around in a big bus). Imagine a bunch of Greeks singing (and dancing) as a bus careens madly around cliffs! We stayed at a Monastery as part of the tour, which would've been okay if it wasn't for the loud Greek festival next door, wailing away until 3 am. The tour itself seemed more focused on Greek churches than the lush beaches that we saw from the bus (though we did stop at a couple of beaches).
Oh and the bus driver was named Dionysus. For real!
Next island trip will be more self-guided, I think.
So we're back in Patras for our final stretch. Met another gaggle of relatives last night, as we dined at midnight. They seemed thrilled that I could pronounce, "Delicious!" in Greek ("Nostimo!").
Beaches and frappes for the rest of the week!
As it is high season, most of the hotels I looked at before we left Boston were already booked. Sonia's mother booked us on a Greek group tour ("A Pullman Tour", which means you ride around in a big bus). Imagine a bunch of Greeks singing (and dancing) as a bus careens madly around cliffs! We stayed at a Monastery as part of the tour, which would've been okay if it wasn't for the loud Greek festival next door, wailing away until 3 am. The tour itself seemed more focused on Greek churches than the lush beaches that we saw from the bus (though we did stop at a couple of beaches).
Oh and the bus driver was named Dionysus. For real!
Next island trip will be more self-guided, I think.
So we're back in Patras for our final stretch. Met another gaggle of relatives last night, as we dined at midnight. They seemed thrilled that I could pronounce, "Delicious!" in Greek ("Nostimo!").
Beaches and frappes for the rest of the week!
1 Comments:
Sounds like you are having a hilarious time.. I love the picture of singing and dancing Greeks on a bus careening around cliffs...was the ouzo flowing? And was the bus driver abstaining? At the point of well before 2am at the monastery, I would have said "the heck with it!" and gone with the flow..joined the merry makers..(maybe).
Enjoy the rest of your time there. Be sure to say Hello to Helen and Sonia's Aunt for us! We really appreciate the Blogs!
L, Mom
PS:I suggest you make a quickie family tree chart of all the relatives you met..although it's true , you've got Sonia to keep it all straight for you. Someone made such a chart for me in India and it's been a big help to me and Dad.
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