TRAVEL AND LIFESTYLE DIARIES

Dutchman and I have fallen in love (many times with the Greek Islands!) with the fishing village turned chic harbour lined with lovely cafe terraces in the northern most part of Kefalonia -- Fiskardo. This idyllic village has been dubbed as the St. Tropez of Kefalonia Island. Naturally, I took a bazillion of pictures but will post the rest another time on this blog. We so love it here! Hope you enjoy the pictures. Travel Period: June 2015 Destination: Fiskardo, Erisos (Kefalonia - Ionian Islands), Greece Keep in touch and follow me on Facebook: Travel & Lifestyle Diaries by Dutched Pinay Travels Happy Travels! Enjoy Life =)

This is one of the reasons why we love the Greek Islands. Not only are the landscape smashing, the beaches beautiful, the local culture alive, the houses and buildings remain traditional, but the animals roam around freely in the islands as well! You are very close to nature in the Greek Islands. In Kefalonia there is quite a number of (semi) wild goats roaming around freely. They look wild to me, and are treated wild as well since they roam around freely in the island. Although the ones we saw have been ear tagged so I guess they are not really wild at all, hence semi wild. I am making it so complicated, haha. Because they are technically speaking set free, most of the goats react with wild animal instinct. They scurry away when they see any moving object, including humans, nearing them. I guess this is one thing motorists need to be careful about when driving here. This herd of goats in the pictures we encountered in the northen part of Kefalonia, in the Erisos area. Other...

The main square of Argostoli, the capital of Kefalonia Island is Vallianou Square (Pl. Vallianou), which is also known as the Argostoli Square. It is located near the customs harbour. At first sight, and in all honesty, I found the city of Argostoli not that very pretty. We have been to many Greek Island capitals, the last one was Corfu, it's capital city Kerkyra was drop-dead gorgeous and very lively. On the contrary, Argostoli resembles like a sleepy town during the day with very little hustle and bustle going. Tonight we are going to the city centre to experience what the place is like in the evening so I have my hopes pinned high! The best place to hang around, rather, to sit down during the day would be at Vallianou Square which is ringed with outdoor cafe terraces. When it is siesta time (14:00 to 18:00) and the shops are close, the cafe terraces are there to offer refuge from the heat and the inactivity of the city. This is really the best place to hang a bit, chill w...

We are not yet halfway through our holiday here in Kefalonia Island, Greece so there are still many beaches lined up on our list to visit, but so far this is my (our actually) favourite beach, the Antisamos Beach in Sami. Well, for now it is, so we shall see! It is an enclosed bay beach surrounded with foliage. The scenery here is just stunning and it gets even better when you are actually standing on the beach and looking out to the sea and the hills enclosing it. Beautiful. Dutchman and I fell in love with Antisamos. I took lots of pictures of Antisamos Beach and will post them all another time. TRIVIA: Did you know that the film set of Captain Corelli's Mandolin was based (they camped here) at this beach? The novel was staged in Kefalonia and was also filmed on site (circa 2000), starring Nicholas Cage and Penelope Cruz. I did not watch the film and have no plans watching it as well, this was after knowing the highlights of the story. Harsh as it may seem, but I reall...