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Plakias / Re: It's gone very quiet !
« on: September 12, 2013, 09:52:25 AM »
Yep. Just before midday on 12 September. Extremely hot with no wind. http://www.accuweather.com/en/gr/plakias/185968/hourly-weather-forecast/185968 has it about right.

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Where to eat...or not! / Tester dishes
« on: July 05, 2012, 04:51:54 PM »
Does anyone else have tester dishes, which you order at lots of tavernas as a test of how good they are?

Ours are moussaka and (especially) melitzanasalata - if they get these right, they are usually good tavernas. If they make them with special care and a bit of flair, the place in question is usually excellent.

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Where to eat...or not! / Re: Traditional Greek Tavernas
« on: July 03, 2012, 08:53:54 PM »
Many tavernas everywhere now have the cabinets, and although there are tourists in those places, there will also be Greeks - just usually later on. Taverna food is now much better with far more choice than back in the days of "mono kotopolo". Rabbit stifado..mmmmm.

The really great Medusa place on the back road did a stuffed squid which Mrs Stavros described one of the best dishes she has ever eaten (this from a big seafood fan.)

Last year Paligrammos (sp) at the east end of the beach was doing a live music evening one night a week  - mixture of Kritiki, Laiki and Rembetika which was fun.

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Where to stay / Re: Costas-Chrysoula Studios - Upgrade 2012
« on: July 03, 2012, 08:46:56 PM »
We stayed here with Olympic in June 2011 and were unfortunate with the room we were allocated, which was away from the main hotel and above a residential flat (Room 42?). The family below sometimes used up all hot water, and the rooms themselves were very basic - we have been in Greece about 30 times but not stayed in accommodation with dangling fittings and no lampshade for a number of years. I have seen the same complaints on another site and the owner replied, saying that the annexe was in different ownership (therefore they had "no control" over the rooms in question) and were no longer being used by C-C. Everyone else has nothing but praise, and the people were certainly nice and the pool area was very good. We were just unlucky, I guess.

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