Greece

Friday 23rd May

We are parked this evening in the village of Agios Vasilios in a disused car park next to Koronia Lake. The lake seems to have shrunk a little bit because at the bottom of the car park are mooring points for boats but all we can see are marshes and wetlands. I'm sure it hasn't disappeared because it's huge on the map, just receded a little bit maybe. We set off this morning heading for Asprovalta as there were a couple of free parking spots there but they were a bit lonely. We called at a campsite which was closed but a lady came out of the offices and we asked if we could park outside which she said we could but again there wasn't much to keep us there so we drove into the town for a look around and struck gold! A roast chicken shop!! Now, bars, restaurants that have chickens turning on a spit are our best friends. We buy a chicken for not a lot of money and we have meals for three days. This one was jointed for us and came with a delicious lemon sauce, we had some potato salad left and I made some Tzatziki and we drove here, parked up and had a superb lunch. We spent the rest of the afternoon trying to cool down. The sun has been blazing all day and it was 32deg in the motorhome. There is no breeze so even with all the windows open it just stays hot. Not that we're complaining, mind. That's one of the reasons we came to Greece. Another one is the Greek people. Since we parked up a few folk have strolled by and all waved or smiled. I'm sure in England that by now some busybody would have been to tell us we can't park here.

Anyway, after a siesta we've both had tepid showers and it is starting to cool down now and we are planning our next stop. We really do need a washing machine badly now and we could both do with a few days of doing nothing. Apart from a two night stop in Austria and three days in Budapest we've been driving every day for nearly a month so we are looking forward to a few restful days. There is a campsite in the south of the Sithonia peninsular which looks like it has everything we need for a few days so that's where we are heading tomorrow. We can then plan what we want to see and where we want to go in Greece. I reckon we've got five weeks before the real tourist season starts and everywhere gets busy and expensive so we need to plan accordingly. Off the beaten track we'll probably always find somewhere to park for the night but if we want to visit the "must see" places we need to do it before the beginning of July.

I've tried to attach some some photos with this post but for some reason it won't post with them attached so I'll save them for another day when the gremlins have gone to bed.

 

Pat.

 

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