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Out and About / Re: Loungers.
« on: April 19, 2013, 02:42:14 AM »
Last year 7.50 at Mango for 2 x beds and water in an ice-bucket.
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San Stefanos news and views / Re: Another Year
« on: April 18, 2013, 06:17:11 PM »
It's fare worse in a lot of American airports. Fort Lauderdale is a nightmare!
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Out and About / Re: Beers.
« on: April 18, 2013, 01:48:56 AM »
Nicest sight of the day is strolling up from the sun-bed to Havana or Mango and seeing that frosted glass and dewy Mythos bottle.
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San Stefanos news and views / Re: Fire Flies
« on: April 18, 2013, 01:46:48 AM »
Hi Rilo - no! I spent a lot of time on Dominica, and I very quickly learned that rum punch is a form of anaesthetic!
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San Stefanos news and views / Re: Fire Flies
« on: April 17, 2013, 02:41:08 PM »
I've rarely seen fireflies in Greece, but I saw a lot when I was researching in the Caribbean on Dominica. I was staying in a guest house in the rain forest. The restaurant area was open-sided, and in one corner there was a pool fed by a hot volcanic spring.
One night I woke up in the small hours and couldn't get back to sleep, so I went down into the dark restaurant and relaxed in the hot pool. Suddenly hundreds of fireflies cam swooping into the restaurant like squadrons of helicopters with their headlights on. They flew around for about ten minutes. It was utterly wonderful and hypnotic. Sleep didn't seem to matter any more.
One night I woke up in the small hours and couldn't get back to sleep, so I went down into the dark restaurant and relaxed in the hot pool. Suddenly hundreds of fireflies cam swooping into the restaurant like squadrons of helicopters with their headlights on. They flew around for about ten minutes. It was utterly wonderful and hypnotic. Sleep didn't seem to matter any more.
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Out and About / Re: Beers.
« on: April 16, 2013, 09:57:03 AM »
Plenty of Mythos, Winkie.
Also excellent beer from the local brewery. San Stefano Travel do a trip to the brewery including samples:
http://www.san-stefano.gr/alternative-trips.php
Also excellent beer from the local brewery. San Stefano Travel do a trip to the brewery including samples:
http://www.san-stefano.gr/alternative-trips.php
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Where to stay / Re: Barras apartments
« on: April 14, 2013, 11:10:03 PM »
My, probably wrong, information is that the information is passed at the last minute. Like two or three days - to avoid owners letting privately and so that Thomson can do late offers.
This is particularly bad news for owners at the end of the season, because they don't want to have to stay open for one or two guests. Come mid-October they've had enough. There was a jolly atmosphere in the village last year when they could close a week earlier than the theoretical end of season! Happy owners dispensed free drinks, and happy reps packed their bags and headed home.
This is particularly bad news for owners at the end of the season, because they don't want to have to stay open for one or two guests. Come mid-October they've had enough. There was a jolly atmosphere in the village last year when they could close a week earlier than the theoretical end of season! Happy owners dispensed free drinks, and happy reps packed their bags and headed home.
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Report Broken Link, incorrect information, Forum rules etc / Re: Online Map.
« on: April 14, 2013, 09:31:08 PM »
Winkie - can you see Googlemaps? It's a Googlemaps link.
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Information and help please / Re: Cheques.
« on: April 14, 2013, 03:32:53 PM »
Winkie - you have two safes in your wardrobes at Little Prince. Might cost you a few Euros for your week. Much less hassle to take cash.
Agios Stefanos is actually a very crime-free place. We've never had any problems with cash. The only real crime is Albanians and Italians stealing boats from the harbour!
Agios Stefanos is actually a very crime-free place. We've never had any problems with cash. The only real crime is Albanians and Italians stealing boats from the harbour!
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San Stefanos news and views / Re: Is this type of report good ?
« on: April 14, 2013, 02:10:19 PM »
I don't think there's much expansion going on. The biggest building works is actually Delfino Blue itself. I doubt if there's any money around in the current climate.
There are also several unfinished blocks, empty tavernas and so on. Little Prince's new wing shows no signs of being finished. So I don't think we're going to see a Spanish-style building boom.
Although the trip from the airport is a pain, huge numbers of people will not book anything with a transfer longer than an hour or so, so it's in a way an advantage.
As it's mostly the mountains that slow things down, a tunnel would be a good solution!
There are also several unfinished blocks, empty tavernas and so on. Little Prince's new wing shows no signs of being finished. So I don't think we're going to see a Spanish-style building boom.
Although the trip from the airport is a pain, huge numbers of people will not book anything with a transfer longer than an hour or so, so it's in a way an advantage.
As it's mostly the mountains that slow things down, a tunnel would be a good solution!
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Information and help please / Re: Asteria
« on: April 12, 2013, 03:14:24 PM »
I would guess that "stars" is a clue!
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Information and help please / Re: Asteria
« on: April 12, 2013, 02:01:12 AM »
I actually have a Greek dictionary. The word is Ἀστερία. The stress mark is over the iota. Which means it not the Latin or Italian pronunciation, but aster -EE -a, or As-TREE-a, when said quickly.
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Information and help please / Re: Asteria
« on: April 11, 2013, 10:26:52 AM »
It's the Greek for "of the stars" or a Titan of that name. Pronounced aster EE a
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Information and help please / Re: CASH POINTS!
« on: April 11, 2013, 02:48:46 AM »
TravelFX is currently 1.159 which means you get 1150 Euros for £992. That's quite a few suppers!
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San Stefanos news and views / Re: More women than men?
« on: April 10, 2013, 12:24:09 AM »
rilo - Don't say that! It makes me desperately want to go back to Antwerp for huge bucket of mussels and chips and a few glasses of fantastic beer.
I had a great meal in Brussels with a friend and client, and when I said the food was very good, he said "That's because we took French cooking and made it better!"
I had a great meal in Brussels with a friend and client, and when I said the food was very good, he said "That's because we took French cooking and made it better!"
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