Lovingly restored

 

This lovely little church part way up the hill to Kefalos has been lovingly restored by Manolis and family.It is quite stunning and beautiful.
Every August the priests can be heard on the loud speaker system as the sound resounds all around the hillside as they read from the Bible and many local people can be seen going in to pray and leaving with the traditional bread.
It's really moving and so different.

Sunrise and Sunset

The colour of the sky here at sunrise and sunset reveals all the colours of the rainbow gently melding into Blue or Black. The night sky is so black, illuminated only by the stars and moon, but last night the moon forgot to show, an eerie experience looking out across the black sea of Kamari Bay. The full moon of last week was such a contrast with it’s friendly face clearly visible and so large.

 

There are so many places to see the sunrise and sunset to best effect, be it from up in Zia, at Agios Theologos also known as sunset wave or anywhere you're prepared to stop and stand and stare. Always take your camera. Awesome.

 

 

Honey is Magic

August is the honey season here on Kos. A time to celebrate the year’s creation .The honey is a melting pot of sunshine, fresh herbs and wild flowers and no pollution. Honey with everything, yoghurt, crepes, freshly baked bread, baklava, ravani, cakes, pastries and savouries. It’s the colour of warm, transparent ,liquid gold. Everyone here makes the best and I’m not going to argue. Thank you Nikos for that lovely jar of Honey you gave me on Magic beach. (nostimos/ delicious )

The honey festival is the opportunity to try before you buy and celebrate this awesome product while enjoying Greek music at the same time.There are plenty of places to buy honey and many local families are proud to supply you theirs. If you are just visiting Kefalos for the day you can always visit the Honey shop.

 

Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the Midday sun

Many years ago my white skinned, red headed son went down to the beach for the day and spent all the time safely under the umbrella, unfortunately he didn't realise his protective brolly had little perforations like a tea strainer and the pixelated effect was not only rediculous to look at ,but the effects of sun burn were very uncomfortable.The quality of brollies has moved on since then.


With so many lovely beaches on the Island and so many sandy beaches within a stones throw of Kefalos it's not long before tourists and locals alike get down to the sea, strip off and do what people do in the sun.Sunbeds and sunshades are well worth investing in, and this year on some beaches the humble umbrella has been replaced with beautiful bamboo shades.

The sun is always there and not so true in the UK. So why do so many people expose themselves in the midday sun? Not to be recommended, but so many do and evidenced later that night with red, peeling sunburnt bodies exposed for the first time after the cool, rainy climate of the UK. The days are plenty and the daylight hours are long with enough time to catch the rays. The breeze is cooling, but dangerously deceptive while it gently toasts you. If you forget your after sun then Greek yogurt has many uses and is very cooling on sunburn.