Viglafia

Thursday 19th June.

We are parked this evening behind Andreas' Taverna just outside Viglafia. We had the option of parking on the sand dunes next to the sea one hundred metres away but there was no shade and the sun was relentless today. So we took the option of parking in the olive grove behind the Taverna and a twenty five metre walk to the big TV which will be showing THE GAME in a couple of hours. We have water and a cold shower all for free so we will thank Andreas by having a meal in a short while.

At last we have a sandy beach too as we look across to the island of Elafonisos. Apparently the island has the best beach in the Mediterranean and we intend taking the ferry tomorrow. The one campsite is outrageously expensive but we've heard that there is a Taverna we can stay at which welcomes motorhomes so we are keeping our fingers crossed.

Well, we've just come back from a meal and THE GAME which didn't quite go according to plan. Suarez eh? Coupled with some dogged and somewhat agricultural defending from their back four, a ref unconcerned with persistent fouling and an England team devoid of imagination. Uruguay out smarted us. Same old same old.

 

Friday 20th June.

So, moving on from the football ( I read today that hope is like a garden weed, you dig it up, burn it and still it returns). We are parked up tonight at Gythion Bay Campsite and very nice it is too. Sandy beach, swimming pool, restaurant and a bar with a happy hour. We missed the happy hour today (no, I don't know how that happened either) but think we may stay another night so it's waiting for us tomorrow. We didn't take the ferry today to the island of Elafonisos and decided to push on to the Mani area of the Peloponnese. There is a lot to see around here even if it does mean a lot of back tracking. Plenty of coves and tiny harbours, the Diros caves and the road from Sparta to Kalamata through the Langada Pass, rising to over 1500m, should all keep us occupied for a while.

Pat

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