Come On Greece!!!!

Sunday 29th June.

We are parked tonight at Camping Finikes, just outside Finikouda. We stayed last night again at our free spot just up the road but didn't want to outstay our welcome so have moved on to this campsite. We asked the Taverna owner yesterday if we could stop another night and she said we could but if the police came we were to say we were just parked to use the beach and weren't staying overnight. There are six campsites here in Finikouda and I guess they don't look too kindly on the local Tavernas allowing folk like us to park up for free.

This is a nice campsite though. We'd read good reports about it on other blogs and so far it's living up to expectations. We have a nice shady pitch with a long sandy beach just a minutes walk away through the sand dunes, we've had a lovely meal this evening in the restaurant and everybody we have met so far has been friendly and welcoming. Good facilities too, (hot showers with fixed shower heads). We are thinking we may stop here for a few days.

The only decision I have to make now is whether or not to go back to the bar to watch the Costa Rica vs Greece game which kicks off here at 11pm. We watched the second half of the Holland/Mexico game and I was disappointed to see Mexico go out; they were an entertaining, skillful team. The only decision I have to make tomorrow is whether or not to buy a couple of €9 beach umbrellas. The forecast is for another few really hot and sunny days so I suppose it makes sense.

I've been catching up on Glastonbury festival and have managed to watch pretty much all the stuff the BBC has put up to view. Arcade Fire put on a good show, De La Soul worked the crowd well, Lily Allen was - well, Lily Allen, one of the highlights for me. Kellis was great but - Jack White stole the show, nobody mixes genres so well and with a tight band behind him it was a great show.

Our beach for the last couple of days (but not our umbrellas)

 

Pat

 

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