All Was Not As It Seemed Last week I shared photos of the dogs lizarding, saying that the lizards were far too fast for them to catch. This week My Sunday Photos are of a lizard that wasn't quite so fast. Don't worry they aren't gruesome! Lizards have remarkable survival tricks. The one that ... [ Read More ]
Dogs Go A Lizarding
Dogs Go A Lizarding Zola has been with us for a year now and has grown into an extremely lively and bouncy dog. She is still best friends with her partner in crime, Buddy and they do get up to some mischief together. Together they 'kill' tissue boxes (my daughter has a habit of leaving them on ... [ Read More ]
Wild Tortoise In Greece
Wild Tortoise In Greece It's a shame, but it's been a long time since I've seen a wild tortoise on Zakynthos. At one time it wasn't uncommon to see one at the side of the road and I have on occasion stopped the car to move one to safety off the road. Back in March, a group of us went on a ... [ Read More ]
Yay!.. The Sunrise!
Yay!..The Sunrise! At long last a My Sunday Photo that went to plan! I'm so used to not getting my planned photo that I'm not sure what to write now I've got it! In a way, this photo wasn't as much of a challenge as the bumblebee as I am usually awake before the sun rises and it's so hot at the ... [ Read More ]
Missed Sunrise
Missed Sunrise Carrying on in the vein of my previous couple of Sunday Photos, my planned photo wasn't to be. I have given up (for now) getting a decent photo of a bumble bee and have set my sights (or viewfinder) on something totally different. The sun rising over the mainland, as seen from the ... [ Read More ]
Postcard Greece
Postcard Greece This week's choice of Sunday photo wasn't difficult. It was one I took a few weeks back whilst on a walking mini break in Tyros (I still intend to share photos from the walks in posts, I just haven't got there yet!). My main problem this week was the title of the post! Please tell ... [ Read More ]
Graceland?… I Think Not!
Graceland?... I Think Not! The funniest thing has started happening recently. Not only has a tourist 'train' started passing through our village, but it actually passes right outside our gate. The first time it happened we didn't think much of it, but once we realised that it was a daily happening ... [ Read More ]
Tranquillity
Tranquillity I'd love to know if I'm the only one who takes longer deciding what photograph to share than to write their My Sunday Photo post? Sometimes it's an easy choice, especially if I've made a mental note of which photo I want to share. Other times when I'm not so organised (which I have to ... [ Read More ]
A Weekend Of Walking In Tyros, Greece
A Weekend Of Walking In Tyros, Greece Back in March a few of us from the Zakynthos walking group packed our bags and headed to mainland Greece for a weekend of walking. Our walk leader, Derek, has a friend based in Tyros in the Peloponnese, who provides holidays and mini-breaks through her business ... [ Read More ]
Leaving Zakynthos On A Ferry Boat
Leaving On A Ferry Boat It's been so long since I wrote a blog post I may just have forgotten how, so do bear with me! At the end of March, a few of us from the Zakynthos Walking Group packed our bags and headed over to the mainland for a weekend of walking. It was a fantastic weekend away and of ... [ Read More ]
A Hike To Panagia Skopiotissa Monastery On Skopos… And Beyond
A Hike To Panagia Skopiotissa Monastery On Skopos... And Beyond The Zakynthos Walking Group did this walk up to the Panagia Skopiotissa Monastery on Skopos a couple of weeks ago. It was the same walk we did two years ago on New Year's Eve, but it was much warmer this time. It really was a glorious ... [ Read More ]
Daisies, Daisies…
Daisies, Daisies... Spring has to be my favourite season. It's when nature starts waking up from its winter slumber. Everywhere you look there is are signs that winter is over. Trees are starting to blossom. Flowers are starting to bloom. Even lizards are starting to make an appearance. It's ... [ Read More ]
An Orchid With Character
An Orchid With Character You wouldn't know it now, but a couple of weeks ago we thought spring had arrived. Temperatures were up, skies were blue and the flowers were fooled. The spring flowers are still blooming and the birds are still flirting shamelessly albeit in the rain, but spring seems to ... [ Read More ]
Vrachionas, The Highest Point On Zakynthos On A Very Dull Day
Vrachionas, The Highest Point On Zakynthos This was a hike we did to the top of Vrachionas, the highest point on Zakynthos. The views, you can imagine, are quite something, on a clear day, but we didn't venture up on a clear day. We ventured up on a cold, grey day. In fact, I took very few photos ... [ Read More ]
Greek Hospitality At It’s Best
Greek Hospitality At It's Best The Greek people have long been known for their hospitality. They will happily invite you into their homes and feed you until you can eat no more. Having spent many a school summer holiday in Greece, I have childhood memories of being fed weird and wonderful foods by ... [ Read More ]
The Intrepid Explorers Go Cliff Climbing At Agalas, Zakynthos
Cliff Climbing At Agalas Just as our legs had finished recovering from scaling the hills of Kiliomenos, we got 'sprung' an even more challenging hike. Last Wednesday the Intrepid Explorers went cliff climbing at Agalas. Okay, okay, so it wasn't so much sprung on us, we knew what we were in ... [ Read More ]
The Cliffs At Agalas
The Cliffs At Agalas This week's mid-week walk had us climbing down the cliffs at Agalas. It was a steep climb down, as you would expect a climb down a cliffside to be, but as always it was well worth it. If we thought the climb down was hard, the climb back up was doubly so. But I think you'll ... [ Read More ]
Scaling The Hills Of Kiliomenos
Scaling The Hills Of Kiliomenos Last week the Intrepid Explorers were caught out good and proper. We met up with Derek, our walk leader just outside the village of Kiliomenos, for what was supposed to be a six-kilometre hike. We have learned that most of our walks are 'six kilometres' and 'easy to ... [ Read More ]
The Only Way Was Up
The Only Way Was Up Last week's mid-week walk found us clambering up the side of a very steep hill. In fact, I think it was one of our steepest hikes yet, if not the steepest in sections. It was a springlike day and much warmer than we anticipated, but that could well have been the climb making us ... [ Read More ]
The Intrepid Explorers Search For The Church In A Cave, Machairado
The Intrepid Explorers Search For The Church In A Cave Some of you may be wondering who the Intrepid Explorers are? And who are they indeed? Are they some sort of super group of adventurers taking on dangerous missions for the government? Or maybe they are top secret explorers searching for untold ... [ Read More ]