Thursday, 15 May 2025

Greek Island Home

 Poros. Our island retreat. 

More good days with family


Visitors at work
Danae sells champagne, wine and spirits to the wealthy visitors in the floating palaces moored on the quay opposite. One of those bottles of Vodka will put you back almost 200 euros. 
Here she is with Paul and Karen


Instead of drinking a morning Vodka we went across on a water taxi to Galatas for beer and a meze
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Authentic Greek Pilsner and a cheese pie

Going across on a water taxi is a Poros experience. 
1 euro for a 5 minute cruise. What has the small village of Galatas got to offer?  Good coffee and a great view of Poros. 


Hoppy and free
Ks no-alcohol choice today. He prefers Alpha but they didn't have any. This Corfu brand is a boutique beer. 
The beer was cloudy. He wasn't happy with the Hoppy. Alcohol free maybe but it got a black mark. 
The Pilsner though got top marks. 



We went across on the Socrates. 
It's the only water taxi I'll use. 



Because Captain Kyriakos looks after me, helps me step in and out. He'd be in big trouble if he let his m-in-law fall in the sea


Last night's sunset over the Poros harbour




Idyllic Greek Scene


28 comments:

  1. 200 Euros for a bottle of vodka! I thought Ireland was expensive. The Greek scene is idyllic.

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    1. It's a little shop full of expensive bottles, in the perfect place to catch all the rich yachting crowd.
      Not for the peasants 🙄

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  2. You sure know how to enjoy life 😎🤩

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    1. cheese pies and beer? It's the little things that count. I don't think I'd ever buy expensive vodka. The vodka that Lidls sells is fine by me.
      I drink it, now and again, with coke zero.

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  3. Beautiful, good the s-i l looks after you!

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    1. Fortunately I get very well with my son's in law

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  4. I have to say, I prefer the real thing to the 'idyllic scene'. Here in the UK, non-alc beer is the same price as the real thing. I can't understand this as the crazy price of beer is all alcohol tax. Zero-alc should be half the price!

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    1. Non alcohol beer is about the same price as the other beer here too. Alcohol tax?

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  5. That cheese pie looks to die for. Fabulous sunset.

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    1. He actually said it was the best cheese pie he had eaten. And they tried a few

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  6. A wonderful holiday with your brother and sister-in-law. I am just catching up with your travels.

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    1. Their company and the places we visited were wobderful

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  7. Luckily I wasn’t drinking anything when I read teo hundred euros. Our alcohol is very expensive, but this is ridiculous
    I’m glad you have a lovely son in law. Looking after you

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    1. You can buy a bottle of vodka in the supermarket for around 15 euros. That's a big bottle in the photo but not that big!

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  8. I say again as I have said more than once, what a wonderful place you live in.

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  9. I hope you are enjoying your Summer. I also sell alcohol at work but the rules are so strict here. The cheese pie sounds good

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  10. What beautiful views...but a shame about the beer.

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    1. He was not pleased at all and let the waitress know, as usual. She must be used to, ahem, difficult customers and told that the beer was always like that

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  11. Oh my, you make me want to visit!

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    1. Now is the best time before it gets too darn hot

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  12. You can buy alcohol in the supermarket here. And just about anywhere

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  13. I must admit to not liking the Corfu low alcohol beer. Don't think that it travels well either as it's not pasteurised.

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    1. It was only that Free beer that was cloudy and now we know why. I'll tell him

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