I was woken early this morning by loads of chatting going on outside. There were people moving their gear into the apartment downstairs from us. They arrived in a minibus, at least 7 of them, and have obviously come from Italy on one of the overnight ferries. We were a bit concerned that the rest of our stay he may be marred by lots of late night noise, and Chris was a bit p****d off because they had parked their van on the access road making it difficult to get by. We did wonder how they would all fit in downstairs but on our return from our early swim we saw our upstairs neighbors leaving in a taxi so presumed the party would be split over 2 apartments.
We had a few bits to get at the supermarket and bakers today and We wanted to drive into the mountains to Episkepi; a village recommended for a stroll through in our guide book. The road up to the village was tight and windy but the views were spectacular. We drove through Episkepi, not seeing anywhere to park or stroll so we drove on for a while, turned around and headed back to Acharavi. On our second run through Episkepi we were stopped by the knackered old truck in front of us trying to reverse. It seemed that a delivery van was coming in the opposite direction. These villages are very narrow indeed and clearly not built with cars in mind. We reversed further and the delivery truck pulled in. Two cars which had been following the truck then came towards us, quickly followed by two more. By this time a queue of traffic was building behind us. There was lots of gesturing from the cars coming towards us, not of the road rage variety but more in the form of helpful hints; move this way a bit, stop, back up etcetera. It was all very good natured, no stress and no bad manners.
Chris and Alex were so taken with the kebab yesterday that they chose to go back there for lunch, then back to chill and swim.
Our fears about our new neighbors were unfounded. The were perfectly quiet (and had moved their van).
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