A close shave and a haircut.

We are parked up this evening in the car park of Taverna Lambes about three kilometres west of Finikouda. We left last night's campsite this morning and stopped at the coastal village of Petalidi for coffee. A nice village with a few harbour side parking places and we think we maybe could have overnighted there but it was too early to stop. Koroni looked like a nice place to stop with a couple of car parks so we headed around the coast. The main car park as we drove in to town was closed (?) and chained up so we drove on intending to park at the harbour but as the road narrowed a guy in a jeep coming the other way waved us down, said he was English and lived in the town and that we would really struggle getting the motorhome down the narrow streets. Mindful of yesterday's pantomime leaving Aghios Nikolaos, Phil jumped out, stopped the traffic in both directions while I did a seven point turn. Nobody got too excited and we parked up on the outskirts and walked back down to the harbour. We were glad we hadn't attempted to get the van down there, really narrow streets and tight corners.

I was glad we went though because I got a haircut, short back and sides for eight euros, a bargain. Next stop was Finikouda but, as expected, the car park we were heading for was rammed. Each day gets busier with Greek and other nationality holiday makers and car parking space is at a premium. We moved on to a campsite, nothing special but over €20 a night. We found a shady spot, parked up and I went back to the office to get the WiFi password; another €3 a day for WiFi! We haven't paid for WiFi on any Greek campsite so far so we drove off heading toward Methoni, again looking for a parking space but on the way we saw a couple of camper vans parked up here. We stopped and enquired if we could stop for the night and got the usual response from savvy Taverna owners "Of course, no problem, find a nice shady spot under the trees." This we did, and strolled down to the sea to find the best beach we've found so far in Greece. Clean soft sand and sandy all the way out, no pebbles, no boulders. There are people stopping in the posh hotel next door probably paying a fortune for the beach we have for free. We even get to use their beach shower! Oh yes, free WiFi too. It doesn't get much better and it couldn't be any cheaper!

The little harbour at Petalidi.

So now, after a quick cooling down shower, we'll say thank you by having something to eat at the taverna. I think we may even stay here another day. Tomorrow is Saturday and there will be no chance of finding any parking for the next couple of days I suspect.

Forgot to mention yesterday that I caught a fish with my new fishing tackle. Not a large fish. It may have fed a small cat. If the cat wasn't very hungry. But hey, I caught a fish!

 

 

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