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Plakias => Where to eat...or not! => Topic started by: Jeff Winchell on March 10, 2005, 08:38:22 AM
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Since I'm going to be staying in Plakias for a whole month, I'd don't think I'd like to budget for eating at a restaurant every day and night.
Besides, I enjoy making my own food sometimes, particularly cooking for friends.
But I wonder... I'm fortunate to live in a city (Seattle) that LOVES its food (and local beers and wines). So the variety of food I can purchase in Seattle at grocery stores, the docks where the Pacific Northwest fishing fleet comes in, and local growers food stands at places like Pike Place Market is astounding.... so I wonder what it will be like to buy my own food in Plakias? I'm not expecting it to have the same options as a city of a million people... I'm just trying to get some sense of the foods I can buy in town.
Thanks
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For a place of it's size, the supermarkets are good. The butcher is fine and of course you don't have to go far to get fish. Greek herbs and spices are excellent. You'll enjoy cooking for yourself I'm sure.
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Alsa a good bakery and greengrocers across the road from the Alianthos Hotel
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I could spend a month eating at the souvalaki house, thats probably cheaper than cooking your self..................)
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I could spend a month eating at the souvalaki house, thats probably cheaper than cooking your self..................)
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Where exactly is that? I remember some years ago there was a (very) small establishment selling gyros pitta on the seafront. Run by a lady I think. No Greek holiday is complete without 2 or 3 gyros pitta meals, washed down with retsina.
Mike
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I could spend a month eating at the souvalaki house, thats probably cheaper than cooking your self..................)
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Where exactly is that? I remember some years ago there was a (very) small establishment selling gyros pitta on the seafront. Run by a lady I think. No Greek holiday is complete without 2 or 3 gyros pitta meals, washed down with retsina.
Mike
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Mike
it's a little shop, with quite a lot of take away traffic on the main road. over the bridge and it's on the first corner (just before you get to the tavernas on the edge of the beach)
there's probably about 4 or 5 tables outside it. we love it cos it's always open late when we are arriving late
gyros washed down with several mythos for me!
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I could spend a month eating at the souvalaki house, thats probably cheaper than cooking your self..................)
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Where exactly is that? I remember some years ago there was a (very) small establishment selling gyros pitta on the seafront. Run by a lady I think. No Greek holiday is complete without 2 or 3 gyros pitta meals, washed down with retsina.
Mike
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It's [a href=\"http://www.compage.com/plakias/2003/03sep/images/PlakiasSouflaki030911-856_jpg.jpg]here[/url].
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Thanks for the photo Compage. That's the one and it looks totally unchanged in 10 years. I don't expect I'll say that about everything in the resort though. I wonder if the owner is the same.
That's maybe 3 meals sorted for the fortnight. I always think that sampling different tavernas is one of the real pleasures of a Greek holiday.
Mike
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But I wonder... I'm fortunate to live in a city (Seattle) that LOVES its food (and local beers and wines)[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=2909\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Despite all the microbreweries in and around Seattle, my favorite beer is Guinness. Is that available in Plakias, and if so, where might I find myself spending a lot of time sipping some?
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But I wonder... I'm fortunate to live in a city (Seattle) that LOVES its food (and local beers and wines)[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=2909\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Despite all the microbreweries in and around Seattle, my favorite beer is Guinness. Is that available in Plakias, and if so, where might I find myself spending a lot of time sipping some?
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I don't know of any bars/restuarants in Plakias that serve Guinness but I have seen it in several supermarkets in the area, sold in cans.
george g...
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I could spend a month eating at the souvalaki house, thats probably cheaper than cooking your self..................)
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Where exactly is that? I remember some years ago there was a (very) small establishment selling gyros pitta on the seafront. Run by a lady I think. No Greek holiday is complete without 2 or 3 gyros pitta meals, washed down with retsina.
Mike
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It's [a href=\"http://www.compage.com/plakias/images/PlakiasSouflaki030911-856_jpg.jpg]here[/url].
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Compage just saw your picture PlakiasSouvlaki 030911-856. Can you tell me if the Anna Appartments are at the end of the road beside the gyros resturant
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I don't know of any bars/restuarants in Plakias that serve Guinness but I have seen it in several supermarkets in the area, sold in cans.
george g...
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You mean those cans with the special whatchamacallit that turn them into a draft beer like it came from a tap?
That will do nicely.
Any idea how pricey (so I can allocate sufficient funds to my Guinness budget )
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I don't know of any bars/restuarants in Plakias that serve Guinness but I have seen it in several supermarkets in the area, sold in cans.
george g...
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You mean those cans with the special whatchamacallit that turn them into a draft beer like it came from a tap?
That will do nicely.
Any idea how pricey (so I can allocate sufficient funds to my Guinness budget )
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Hi Jeff
Like you I'm a big fan of Guinness, but when in Town I stick to the Mythos.
No idea about the whatchamacallit or how much it is, but I would hazard a guess that it's not cheap!
georgeg...
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I could spend a month eating at the souvalaki house, thats probably cheaper than cooking your self..................)
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Where exactly is that? I remember some years ago there was a (very) small establishment selling gyros pitta on the seafront. Run by a lady I think. No Greek holiday is complete without 2 or 3 gyros pitta meals, washed down with retsina.
Mike
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It's [a href=\"http://www.compage.com/plakias/2003/03sep/images/PlakiasSouflaki030911-856_jpg.jpg]here[/url].
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Compage just saw your picture PlakiasSouvlaki 030911-856. Can you tell me if the Anna Appartments are at the end of the road beside the gyros resturant
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If you draw a line between the numbers 8 and 13 on [a href=\"http://www.compage.com/plakiasproperties.jpg]this[/url] map, Anna's is half way along the line.
So, yes, you could go down that road to get to it or you could go down the road past the doctor/pharmacy (D on the map) and then turn left.
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Like you I'm a big fan of Guinness, but when in Town I stick to the Mythos.
No idea about the whatchamacallit or how much it is, but I would hazard a guess that it's not cheap!
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I think it's called a widget and it injects nitrogen into the beer, not that that helps you find any. How much would a can be in Seattle, Jeff? My guess is that it will be a similar price in a Plakias supermarket to a UK supermarket.
I have seen the draught version in some bars in Greece so if you don't find it in Plakias (as has been reported) then if you make a visit to Rethymnon or Hania I'm sure it will be there.
The Greek beers seem to go with the ambience of the Greek Islands, even though I don't drink lager in the UK, and I think you will find they are better than US beers such as Budweiser (US version not the Czech) or Miller Light. As you mention Seattle microbreweries it may be that you are into real ale- if so all I can say is "Good Man"; give the UK a try sometime.
Why not try the local drinks such as retsina, raki, ouzo, or the excellent local red wine. Go easy on the raki and ouzo as in my opinion they have a high potential for giving a hangover!!
Whatever you end up drinking my bet is that you will enjoy it in Plakias.
Mike
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I could spend a month eating at the souvalaki house, thats probably cheaper than cooking your self..................)
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Where exactly is that? I remember some years ago there was a (very) small establishment selling gyros pitta on the seafront. Run by a lady I think. No Greek holiday is complete without 2 or 3 gyros pitta meals, washed down with retsina.
Mike
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It's [a href=\"http://www.compage.com/plakias/images/PlakiasSouflaki030911-856_jpg.jpg]here[/url].
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Compage just saw your picture PlakiasSouvlaki 030911-856. Can you tell me if the Anna Appartments are at the end of the road beside the gyros resturant
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If you draw a line between the numbers 8 and 13 on [a href=\"http://www.compage.com/plakiasproperties.jpg]this[/url] map, Anna's is half way along the line.
So, yes, you could go down that road to get to it or you could go down the road past the doctor/pharmacy (D on the map) and then turn left.
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Compage - thanks for the map directions etc - you settled an argument in our house!
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It's here.
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John Page (far-ender)
that's the rascal John! anyone fancy some gyros?
I'd agree with Mike, if you're on a limited budget, stick to the local drinks
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Has anyone else noticed just how quickly the guys responded...........
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But I wonder... I'm fortunate to live in a city (Seattle) that LOVES its food (and local beers and wines)[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=2909\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Despite all the microbreweries in and around Seattle, my favorite beer is Guinness. Is that available in Plakias, and if so, where might I find myself spending a lot of time sipping some?
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I've never come across it on draught but it is definately available in cans in the supermarkets.
Seem to remember that it was a similar price to here in the UK so about $1-50 - $2-00 a can whereas a can of Mythos Lager would be about a dollar.
Me? If i'm not propping up the bar I enjoy a nice glass of vino on the balcony
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How much would a can be in Seattle, Jeff? My guess is that it will be a similar price in a Plakias supermarket to a UK supermarket.
Normally £1 a can, but on sale I've bought it for 65 pence.
I think you will find they are better than US beers such as Budweiser (US version not the Czech) or Miller Light
Anything is better than that.
As you mention Seattle microbreweries it may be that you are into real ale- if so all I can say is "Good Man"
Some are OK, but Guinness, Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale and Chimay are my favorites.
Why not try the local drinks such as retsina, raki, ouzo, or the excellent local red wine.
I will. I already found one red Vin De Crete in a Greek restaurant in the university district of Seattle (going there tonight with a friend for some leg of lamb)
Whatever you end up drinking my bet is that you will enjoy it in Plakias.
Mike
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Definitely.
Thanks.
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Has anyone else noticed just how quickly the guys responded...........
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well beer is our other favourite subject
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Has anyone else noticed just how quickly the guys responded...........
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Hi Susan.
And your implication is.....?
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I'm sure I don't know what you mean John....................
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I'm sure I don't know what you mean John....................
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Hi all
TV was terrible last night so we watched some plakias video from the 90's
- ok not been there (apart from a couple of days July last year) for 10 years.
Interested to know if anyone remembers Julias (past the harbour turn right past the laundrette and up the hill - it sat back off the road overlooking the bay) we used to go there for lunch sometimes.
It was owned and run by a big english guy (tall nicotine stained beard just can't remember his name) he was a bit of a blether (chatty in english) but really nice to us, the service was very slow {think he thought he was greek} but the food was good even though we were served individually.
When we were there last year we took a walk up the far end as compage calls it - to our suprise it was all closed up (shame).
Just want to know if anyone remembers the place and the big english gentleman. We talked sometimes - after drinking his mullberry raki (in the afternoon) he said he would retire to Plakias. I would like to look him up if he has, in July - so if anybody knows please let me know.
Effharristo para poli
Kalispera o filios (well its after 2pm as I post)
Yannis
Hey Sheryl - am due a email
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I'm sure I don't know what you mean John....................
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Hi all
TV was terrible last night so we watched some plakias video from the 90's
- ok not been there (apart from a couple of days July last year) for 10 years.
Interested to know if anyone remembers Julias (past the harbour turn right past the laundrette and up the hill - it sat back off the road overlooking the bay) we used to go there for lunch sometimes.
It was owned and run by a big english guy (tall nicotine stained beard just can't remember his name) he was a bit of a blether (chatty in english) but really nice to us, the service was very slow {think he thought he was greek} but the food was good even though we were served individually.
When we were there last year we took a walk up the far end as compage calls it - to our suprise it was all closed up (shame).
Just want to know if anyone remembers the place and the big english gentleman. We talked sometimes - after drinking his mullberry raki (in the afternoon) he said he would retire to Plakias. I would like to look him up if he has, in July - so if anybody knows please let me know.
Effharristo para poli
Kalispera o filios (well its after 2pm as I post)
Yannis
Hey Sheryl - am due a email
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Hi Yannis
I remember Julias well. We found it in 1992 and yes, the food was good. I believe it was still open in 1994, but after that it closed. I don't know what happened to the guy who owned it.
Yvonne
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Speaking personally having a 'good un' on the Raki is fine, as its clear it rarely leaves you with a bad head. It does do , when half a gallon of Mythos and a few Restinas have preceeded it though !!!
Agree with you guys though, I tend to stick to the Mythos, its cold, it tastes good, its local and doesn't blow you out, especially draught.
Am a great believer in drinking local products as if you do find something 'from home' it never tastes the same anyway.
Can you imagine sitting at a Tav on a hot balmy evening supping a pint of hand pulled English finest......?
Don't think that would work.
Stick to the local stuff, you wont go wrong.
Neil
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Can you imagine sitting at a Tav on a hot balmy evening supping a pint of hand pulled English finest......?
Don't think that would work.
Stick to the local stuff, you wont go wrong.
Neil
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Agreed. In Britain the real ales are the finest beer I've tasted anywhere. But not in Greece. I'm not a lager drinker in the UK but Mythos, Amstel et al suit the ambience (and the temperature) of Greece. Ditto retsina, local red wine, ouzo, and raki.
Mike
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Can you imagine sitting at a Tav on a hot balmy evening supping a pint of hand pulled English finest......?
Don't think that would work.
Stick to the local stuff, you wont go wrong.
Neil
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Agreed. In Britain the real ales are the finest beer I've tasted anywhere. But not in Greece. I'm not a lager drinker in the UK but Mythos, Amstel et al suit the ambience (and the temperature) of Greece. Ditto retsina, local red wine, ouzo, and raki.
Mike
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Totally agree Mike, I can't stand lager in the UK but 'FIX' lager converted me about twenty years ago to be a lager drinker in Greece.
You forgot the 9 star mataxa!
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Speaking personally having a 'good un' on the Raki is fine, as its clear it rarely leaves you with a bad head. It does do , when half a gallon of Mythos and a few Restinas have preceeded it though !!!
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i have found there are some local wines that need avoiding though....
i have found that some 'local' wine seems to have been fortified with additional alcohol ( i have my suspicisions about what it is) the effect on me the next day isn't pleasant :'(
having said that, i have never been served up any of this stuff in the restaurants but have mistakenly bought it in local produce shops in Plakias ( and chucked it quite fast)
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A couple of points re the latest replies. Yes, I forgot Metaxa, although the higher starred versions never seem much of a bargain in local shops compared to Tesco's.
Re. Greek beer, a few years ago on the flight home the pilot gave the passengers 2 free drinks because there were not enough meals to go around and they had to ask for volunteers not to have one (lots volunteered- I didn't as unlike many folk I always eat mine!). For my freebies I had Stella Artois and, of course, the memory of Mythos and Amstel was still in my mind. Stella tasted really inferior by comparison, in spite of the advertising in the UK to make you think it is a premium drink.
I have never experienced what Harribobs reports and don't really understand what it could be. Was this in a bottle or "draught"? In a climate like Greece's the grapes shouldn't have any trouble giving a 12+% ABV wine, as evidenced by a look at the bottles in the supermarkets. Glad I have avoided it so far.
Some barrel wines can become very oxidised (i.e. sherry like) if left in a barrel too long, with the barrel only part full. In another part of Crete in May 2003 I had a carafe of barrel red which was really oxidised on my first visit to a taverna. However, the food was excellent and on my next visit something told me to try it again. It was superb- obviously a new supply with the day before's supply having been in the barrel all winter. It remained superb for my remaining visits and I think it was only 1.5 or 2 euros per half litre (and there was always a small carafe of raki gratis at the end of the meal).
Mike
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Like you I'm a big fan of Guinness, but when in Town I stick to the Mythos.
No idea about the whatchamacallit or how much it is, but I would hazard a guess that it's not cheap!
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I think it's called a widget and it injects nitrogen into the beer, not that that helps you find any. How much would a can be in Seattle, Jeff? My guess is that it will be a similar price in a Plakias supermarket to a UK supermarket.
I have seen the draught version in some bars in Greece so if you don't find it in Plakias (as has been reported) then if you make a visit to Rethymnon or Hania I'm sure it will be there.
The Greek beers seem to go with the ambience of the Greek Islands, even though I don't drink lager in the UK, and I think you will find they are better than US beers such as Budweiser (US version not the Czech) or Miller Light. As you mention Seattle microbreweries it may be that you are into real ale- if so all I can say is "Good Man"; give the UK a try sometime.
Why not try the local drinks such as retsina, raki, ouzo, or the excellent local red wine. Go easy on the raki and ouzo as in my opinion they have a high potential for giving a hangover!!
Whatever you end up drinking my bet is that you will enjoy it in Plakias.
Mike
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I was in rethymmnon in 2003 and ther was a guiness bar in amongst the shops. Unfortunately for the guys we were there on a sunday when its shut.
holiday girl
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I have never experienced what Harribobs reports and don't really understand what it could be. Was this in a bottle or "draught"?
it was 'draught' if you like, from a plastic barrel, local wine with (i suspect) added eythol alcohol :'(
we were there on a sunday when its shut
shut on a sunday!!! OMG!
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Despite all the microbreweries in and around Seattle, my favorite beer is Guinness. Is that available in Plakias, and if so, where might I find myself spending a lot of time sipping some?
I don't know of any bars/restuarants in Plakias that serve Guinness but I have seen it in several supermarkets in the area, sold in cans.
george g...
I've been here two weeks, found SEVEN supermarkets (though they're all so small I'd call them a mini-market in The States, and have found NO Guinness. Fortunately Filip (the DJ at Joe's bar) found some for me during one of his shopping trips to Rethymnon.
BTW, the best place for fresh vegetables/fruits is easily the stand next to the market at the east end of town (behind Meltemi's). Organic tomatos, sweet yellow peppers, very yummy (and non-moldy) strawberries, etc.
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Speaking personally having a 'good un' on the Raki is fine, as its clear it rarely leaves you with a bad head. It does do , when half a gallon of Mythos and a few Restinas have preceeded it though !!!
Agree with you guys though, I tend to stick to the Mythos, its cold, it tastes good, its local and doesn't blow you out, especially draught.
Am a great believer in drinking local products as if you do find something 'from home' it never tastes the same anyway.
Can you imagine sitting at a Tav on a hot balmy evening supping a pint of hand pulled English finest......?
Don't think that would work.
Stick to the local stuff, you wont go wrong.
Neil
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Hi Neil, I must agree with you regarding Raki on my last night in Plakias at the Alianthos Beach I was given 25 Raki,s from the manager and all the other customers on the alianthos Greek night I was fine the next morning until I had breakfast I thought I was going to die especially with a 2 hour bus journey but I am sure I have,nt learnt my lesson as I will find out in 3 weeks .regards Alex G :'(