San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu

After some beautiful sunny days, March the 1st is rather overcast, making it quite breezy on the beach, with some quite choppy waves.

After the great day the was Clean Monday, with Avliotes carnival, all is back to normal. It was a fab afternoon, and there were some brilliant floats and costumes! It was quite funny seeing our friends all dressed up, a couple of which I hardly recognised until they spoke!! Also, lovely to see the younger generation of the village participating proudly in their majorette troupe, they were fantastic.

Down in San Stef today preparations are beginning for the new season. More stonework going on at Olympia, which is looking lovely, and some after winter work being done at Mare Deus,

Much work happening at Elizabeths, as their last premises in their row of shops (which used to be rented by Corfu Explore) is undergoing some work......the frontage has been brought out in line with the others, and is going to be in use this year, which is nice. Will be interesting to see what they will be selling.



 

Well, it has been a lovely day today, we headed down to San Stef to do some prep work at our new shop, and of course enjoy a nice long walk along the beach, which is currently very wide!

All is quite quiet at the moment, although there are a few bits of work going on.

The wall behind Olympia is getting some lovely new stone, to match the restaurant wall. And lots of work going on at Marina Villa, which is having a major facelift ready for this year.

Other than that, pretty quiet, although we are lucky enough to have Express Market open for groceries, Town Pizza at weekends to keep us fed, and El Greco and 3W'S open to keep us watered!

Happy 2017!!
After a trip back to the UK, we arrived back home to Corfu on Friday morning.

We missed the snow that fell here, now it is warmer on average than UK, but a wet afternoon today.

We went to San Stef this afternoon for a walk on the beach, and got caught in the downpour, so had to run back along the road from the Church to the car, which was parked opposite Little Prince, taking shelter along the way under the canopies of Kamini, and the Juice Bar!

The rain didn't deter the horse riders though, who were enjoying the opportunity to gallop the length of the beach during the Winter season.

Anyone who doesn't use facebook, you'll not have seen our news!

After 4 years in our shop, we are having a change of scene for 2017, and are moving to a different location in San Stef.

We've really enjoyed our time in our premises, and have lovely business neighbours.  But we now feel the time is right to have a change of scene, and move to a different place.

We are away for about a month, after which work will begin in earnest to be ready for the start of the season.....new location will be revealed next year. Merry Christmas! 

Well, all is quiet in San Stefanos now, as you'd expect. However, we have been enjoying some amazing November sunshine! Last few days have been warm and sunny, giving us the chance to go for some nice walks along the beach. The other day the beach was beautiful and wide, and the sea just gently lapping at the shore. Just a couple of dog walkers enjoying the empty beach, as well as 3 Mum's with little ones having a good run around, letting of steam!

Just a few places open now....Town Pizza is open at the weekends, and El Greco and 3 W's open every afternoon and evening, as well as Express supermarket every day except Sunday, which is pretty handy for popping into for groceries.

Awww, Dupnica, so glad she liked it, and it was the right colours!

I did start writing an update the other day, but I had just spilt water over the computer, and the keyboard went a little haywire!!

But after a couple of days of drying out, we're back in business.

So after some fab Octtober weather, yesterday we were treated to a torrential downpour, which was not so great....but back to sun again today.

After yesterday's departures the resort is slowly closing down, Little Prince, Barras and Silver Moon have all closed their doors for this season.
Restaurant wise, Yianni's served his final orange cake, and Ozzy Oil closed too.

But we still have Beachcombers and Beer O Clock until tomorrow, and 2 Stars, Condor and Town Pizza are still open, as is Yianni's gyros and Tasty Corner, and you can still have a drink at Athens Bar, Aquarius Bar, Acabar, 3 W's El Greco, and Silver Star. Not walked around the village today, but usually Summer Dreams, and Zest for Life also stay open until near the end.

And of course it's still possible to hire a car, or get a quad or scooter from either Pegasus or Spiros Bikes, and head off exploring, so we're not completely closed yet!



 

Don't worry, Chris No 2......Bod loves a bit of cat chasing, but only from the end of his lead! And on the odd occasion he has escaped to go after one, he either doesn't catch up with it, or it turns on him and gives him what for, he has the scar on his nose to prove it!!

So, things are, as Abbo says, gradually winding down. Little Prince bar closed after Friday night, after having a busy Summer with Yiannis in charge.

Barras are advertising their roast beef dinner tonight as the last one for this year, and overall the evenings are pretty quiet. That said, still quite a few enjoying the lovely beach today, as the weather is still beautiful   

Oooop, SORRY SORRY SORRY!!!

I kind of got out of the habit of posting, and whoops, before we know it it's nearly the end of September!! 

Apologies, for not updating, but I must say it's nice to be missed!

I have had a little slap on the wrist in person a couple of times this week too, so time to pull my finger out!!

So, news is we're nearing the end of the season, just a couple more weeks to go for most of us.

Work has been progressing down at the bridge, where high concrete walls have been constructed either side of the stream, to prevent erosion of the banks getting too close to Acabar, and Eleni's supermarket!

The beach is still pretty busy, and the sea is still beautiful and warm. Lots of hire cars can still be seen parked up by the stream daily.

The evenings are cooling off a little now, time for us to need a change of clothes for the evenings....I'll soon be digging out Winter fleeces and jeans!! 
But Bod loves the cooler weather, and he now has much more energy to bark at and chase cats, and anything else that moves!!

But the daytime weather is superb, lots of sunshine and gorgeous temperatures well into the 70's, such a lovely time to be here, especially if you prefer your tavernas a little quieter, and your hosts to have more time to chat.

So, now back into 'the zone' of writing, I'll keep you all up to date on the resort.....promise!!