Hymer C 9. Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Arrived at our first site in Patras about 13 miles from the Port, the site is set in a old Olive Grove overlooking the sea with the blossom on the Orange and Lemon trees the perfume drifting around the site is beautiful, Ed and I are having a day chilling after the journey we have travelled through France/Belgium/Luxemburg/Germany/Switzerland/Italy and across to Greece, I can not believe how lucky we have been with the weather we have had sunshine all the way and with it being Easter no lorries on the roads Sunday/Monday so made the journey a lot pleasanter, the group we are travelling with are great company last night we all ate in the taverna under a 600 year old olive tree, with the beach below us. We will stay here a few days before making our way down the Peloponnese. Have had a read through the threads to see what you have all been up to , Janine loved your Easter Rabbits :-) Carol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordThornber Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Carol, good for you, wish we were there too!! Have a lovely time, it sounds wonderful, you enjoy your hols. Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Sounds idyllic Carol, and paints a completely different picture to what we are getting here. Torrential downpours, driven by cold winds are the order of the day. I know you've put a lot of work and planning into this trip, so enjoy every minute of it and try to post some piccies just to cheer the rest of us up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROON Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Sooooooo pleased for you and Ed. Please post some pictures if you can. Missing your phone calls but still delighted you are enjoying such a wonderful holiday. Hugs, Joy and Sasha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggyd Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Oh you paint a wonderfull picture Carol I hope the weather keeps up for you and you have a lovely time, Ill look forward to seeing our pics. :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omidknight Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I have a picture in my mind of everyone sitting under the olde tree Have you seen many animals and birds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymer C 9. Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 We have had five days down the tip of the Peloponnese at Gythio a quaint town, with lots of tavernas and atmosphere, from there we visited, MONEMVASIA, which is a little island got to by a causeway the day we visited the weather was just right not to hot or cold although how people work there I don't know, the only way we could see things moved around was by wheelbarrow, up windy cobbled streets. I will have a go at putting some photo's on. At the moment we are parked at Mikines not far from Athens, the weather is very wet today so I am catching up on some odd jobs around the van, tomorrow Saturday we are having a guided tour of the City and the weather promises to be better, fingers crossed. Carol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymer C 9. Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Pictures. 1. - 1,000 year old Olive tree on camp site at Patras 2 - One of the small hillside villages we passed through 3. - Our convoy 4. - Gythio 5. - Monemvasia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROON Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Oh Carol and Ed, How lovely...... I could smell the sea for a moment then and am so pleased you are having such a wonderful time. Thank you for posting and not forgetting us all. Joy x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggyd Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Lovely photos Carol glad everything is going well the weather looks lovely, its warming up here too which is good :-D are they octopus on the line? cant quite make them out?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Octopussy Magaret and do try to use the plural next time. Nice piccies Carol, but how about one of you in a skimpy bikini (not topless please) just to cheer us up. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 you lucky things.....keep the information flowing! I thought you had been intending to start as wardens on a campsite again by now, was it France or Spain?. I look forward to the Peloponese, and may even try it next summer as Just back from Goa and we survived that lol temps were nearly 40 deg C *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggyd Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 howie - 2009-04-23 10:55 PM Octopussy Magaret and do try to use the plural next time. Nice piccies Carol, but how about one of you in a skimpy bikini (not topless please) just to cheer us up. ;-) NOT Magaret howie Margaret do try to get it right next time!! :-D ;-) Carol knew what I meant didnt you Carol?? I thought octopussy was something completely different!! >:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I do apologise Margaret. Really was unforgivable to misspell your name and promise it won't happen again. :$ . Seems I should also say sorry for suggesting the plural you should have used would be 'octopussy'. This of course is the title of the 1983 James Bond film and the correct terminology should have been Octopuses, Octopi or Octopodes. All very interesting, but like you I am not entirely sure that those are Octopi hanging out to dry, and they do seem to be short of a tentacle or two don't they. Perhaps Carol can help here, but in the meantime i've included a more detailed picture that gives a better comparison between the two pictures. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJay Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Think maybe should be called KALAMRI ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 PJay - 2009-04-25 10:07 AM Think maybe should be called KALAMRI ???? ..or kalamari, perhaps? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 No, and I think Pauline's got this one right Jan. Just had a quick look and Kalamri/calamari is indeed a type of squid, but what's interesting is that 'while the tentacles are edible only the best are used' which might explain why the ones in Carol's picture are short of a leg or two. Learn something new everyday don't we. *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggyd Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Well Ive got my new specs on and I still can,t make em out!!!!!! unless (they dont dry EEL) do they??or EEL,S Howie. :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 maggyd - 2009-04-25 2:02 PM Well Ive got my new specs on and I still can,t make em out!!!!!! unless (they dont dry EEL) do they??or EEL,S Howie. :-D I think they are Howie's tentacles (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROON Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 No, Janine, not possible. They are hung far too well. :$ :$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggyd Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 She said TENTACLES Joy 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I would like to know how Joy knows so much about Howie's dangly bits 8-) 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Sorry about those previous comments Carol. Common as muck some folk, with no appreciation for the finer things in life and lets hope the size of my balls does'nt detract any further from this really enjoyable holiday thread. I,ve taken the the liberty of trying to follow your progress by using googly pictures, and while I appreciate your time should be spent enjoying your holiday perhaps you could include more details of you routes and the places you pass through. This will not only give us a better idea of how you are progressing, but (if you don't mind) will also give me a chance to add some more photos to go with the lovely one's you've already posted. Take care and enjoy yourselves. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggyd Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Carols on her Hols Howie :-S I dont think whe wants a project!! :-D But when you have time Carol were very nosey. (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usinmyknaus Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Nosey and envious in about equal measure. Bob :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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