San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu

Not sure if they have electric toasters as such but you can do toast on an electric grill, I think. I may be wrong tho'!!

Brilliant! Amazing how difficult it is to recognize people! 

Gillie

Obviously the free sunbeds are for the use of the customers of the tavernas ie Mistral etc.  It would certainly be extremely rude to use the sunbeds and not buy food and drink at  the taverna. They have to get up really early to sort the sunbeds out and rake the sand and so on and there must be quite a few ruined brollies each year 'cos of the wind!!. As Jim said we ate most days at Mistral whether we used their sunbeds or not. They are great people and the food is really, really good - love their courgette fritters; spanokopita; turopita and sardines in fact everything!

I think sometimes they suffered from people not wanting to sit up the "seaweed end" - we don't mind; it's not like English seaweed and in fact the children and should I say "young adults" loved having seaweed fights! Oh the fun you can have ...

Gillie

Now that conjures up a picture!

Gillie xx

It's a lovely walk through the olive groves as it's so shady and peaceful.  In fact the whole walk is beautiful. The dogs are a bit scary if, like me you are a bit wary of dogs!! Luckily I was with Jimbo and he is used to dogs and I must say they were fine and we just walked through and past them, no trouble at all and we have done the walk several times now and I am getting used to them!  Try not to let them put you off going as it is a great walk.

You certainly need a cold Mythos at Ilias and some lunch. From Avliotes you can walk on to Peroulades (I think that's what it's called) where there is a great view and a taverna overlooking the sea - it even has some swinging seats.

I agree cigarette smoke is not a pleasant smell but I find it difficult to believe that meals and holidays can be ruined by the odd smoker in the outside area of a taverna. 
Usually these are open on three sides even if they have a roof. There is usually a sea breeze and I can't think that clothes and hair will smell with all the swims, showers and time spent in the open air. If it really is so bad to you then why not mention it, politely, to the the smoking table and I'm sure they would happily move. I have observed non-smokers being very rude and "telling" others to stop it and how disgusting they are. We are not in England and it is allowed and it is so wonderful for a smoker not to have to always lurk about feeling like a pariah. Let's face it, we all love to watch the Greek dancing. The amount of barbecue fuel that is used every evening is huge and the smell not very nice at all and certainly not good for us but we love the spectacle and know we would never be allowed to set light to tables and floors in England in this way!!    Let's just be tolerant.

I have just given up smoking - not had one since October! Bet you don't believe me those of you who know me, but it's true.

Hi Lizzie, We're going for 25 nights from 24 Sept to Oct 19 and will need some warmer clothes! The weather can be lovely but can also get very chilly and very wet, so extra trousers and shorts  + cagoule and brollie needed. Drying stuff can be quite tricky in these conditions as we have discovered, especially in the salty air. I agree, it's easy to pack too much but in the warmer months it's much easier to pack the minimum, knowing a T shirt can be rinsed out and will dry in minutes in the sun. Will need less heavy sun-cream so that's good! Last year the weather was fantastic, but at the moment it seems a lot cooler. Let's hope if we take warm clothes the sun will come out and we shan't need them. We also want to take some bits and pieces for people we know in the village that the find hard to get.
Off on Monday!

gillie