San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu

Well, its been a lovely few days in San Stefanos.....very windy at times at the weekend, but the days have been hot and sunny, and the temperature really comfortable, perfect for beach and pool days, but not too hot at night.

The village has filled up now with lots of families, and its been nice to see lots of familiar faces.
The beach is staying busy well into the evenings, with lots of Greeks and Italians enjoying the sea, plenty of cars from all over Europe in the village now.

Wooden shuttering has been erected either side of the stream down by the bridge, my theory is that they will be constructing retaining walls either side to prevent further erosion towards Eleni's supermarket, and Acabar.....of course I could be wrong, so watch this space! 

Well, we're definitely in the throes of August, hot hot hot sunny days, and warm balmy nights, or in the case of tonight, very humid!!
There were some clouds building slightly tonight over the islands, so with the increased humidity, we may be in for a good old Corfiot thunderstorm sometime soon.....must admit it would be great for clearing the air, but would be nice if it comes overnight!!

A very busy beach today, and still lots of people down there, and in the sea at 8.30pm tonight. Many cars still parked up, and Waves, Manthos and Mistral were all pretty full.

Zorbas were also very busy tonight, and all the bars have plenty of people sat outside enjoying a drink or two.

Hi All, apologies for a lapse in posting again.....not been so good in keeping up this year!

I was lucky enough to have some friends visiting for a week, so got somewhat waylaid!! But it did mean that I managed to get out and enjoy the village too, it felt like a little holiday for me!

So its been hot hot hot, for the last few days, but this afternoon the breeze has got up a little, which has cooled things just slightly, but you do get a little windswept down at the beach!! After seeing many taking photos of the glorious sunset last night from the patio of Beachcombers, tonight many establishments are making use of their plastic windbreaks!

Lots of families arriving now, with British school holidays now in full swing, which gives the village a slightly different feel to the edges of the season. It's nice to see lots of children enjoying the beach, and we see lots of them clutching their lilo's as they make their way to the pools or sand.

It's also the main holiday season for other parts of Europe....August always brings lots of Italians to the island, and we've seen lots of Eastern European registered cars, so plenty have driven over. Always nice to chat to different nationalities when they come into the shop.
Tonight Acabar was nice and busy with pre-dinner drinkers, and all the tavernas look to be doing well.

Guess what, hot and sunny again, with not a cloud in the sky

Beach nice and busy today, with plenty of watersports going on.

It's a lively night in the village tonight, with lots of local Greeks also out enjoying the nightlife.

Spoilt for choice tonight if you like live music too.....regular Saturday night duo in Athens Bar, music in Condor, Bar 38 and El Greco, plus Splinter Band playing in Nafsika, so very busy there too.

Not long now cabmufc!!

So, after some very intensly hot days, yesterday and today have been a little cooler, which, dare I say, has been very refreshing! Still been perfect sunbathing weather yesterday, without the humidity, once a little smattering of rain we had in the morning passed over!

Today was a little overcast this morning, but the sun soon broke through...although tonight the mistral winds are blowing in full force straight off the sea, so no Chilly Chili tonight, and plastic blinds down in most places!

Some live music tonight, with a Motown tribute in Thomas Bay, Duffy doing a regular Sunday night spot in Summer Dreams, and a singer in 3W's bar.

Not at all Karen.....keep up the good work!!

So a scorcher today, very very hot and little breeze 

I took Bod down to the beach around 8.30pm for his evening dunking in the stream, and the beach was still pretty busy, with quite a number of cars still parked down there, and people still enjoying a swim.

Live music tonight at El Greco, with Groucho, and tomorrow Summer Dreams have their first greek night of this season, always a popular choice.

Think you might be right Karen....Mr Hippopots has just gone to Condor to watch the footie, and not that many people wandering around at the moment. Football fans must be in their chosen bars, and non fans are probably enjoying quieter tavernas!!

Another hot, gorgeous day, most definately pool or beach weather....the beach was pretty busy today, and the sea is a lovely temperature now!

Wind has picked up quite a bit tonight, and as it's coming in from the sea we could have a mistral for a day or two, but it is nice that it cools the temperature a little!

Another sunny day, and hot, hot ,hot!!

We took some time out today, as Mr Hippopots turns 50 in a couple of days, so I surprised him with boat hire from Leo, (San Stefanos Boat Hire). We did a half day, which gave us plenty of time to get to Paleo and back, stopping on the way at a gorgeous beach only accessable by boat, and have a swim. If you've not done this, we can highly reccommend it, just wear plenty of suncream, as we're both a bit crispy tonight!!

Our new neighbours have opened today, serving burgers, sandwiches, salads etc....we wish them well.