Kefalonia photos

[louiselux]

A few photos of the beach, mountains, olive groves and fruit. I didn't get any pictures of the giant wasps though.

There's more in my gallery here.





Olive groves sloping down to the sea - my favourite view.




Our beach hut, made from bamboo stakes and some bits of old beach matting




Our balcony, with a beautiful view. The garden was the owner's vegetable patch, where he was growing courgettes, lemons, olives, mint, fennel and tomatoes.




Kanali beach, where we went every day. It wasn't always empty like this, but it never had more than about 15 people on it.




Specially for emungere, the vast mountain of watermelons in Argostoli fruit market.




Mount Ainos at sunset. This is the higest peak on the island, and rose up over the villages in a very dramatic way. It has golden eagles nesting on it, and I am pretty sure we saw two fledglings circling over the beach one day.




A burnt olive tree and the view from the path to the beach.

Comments

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

Oh, lovely! How gorgeous!

(Am about to text you, BTW).

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

It really was. Unbelievably so.

(Also, yay! I got your text)

[lydia-petze.livejournal.com]

HAIL WASPS

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

*runs from hornets*

[toscas-kiss.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just. Wow.

Welcome back - glad to hear you had a good time. An earthquake! I expect to hear all about it next month. :-)

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Thank you:-)

I shall tell you allll about it.

[janen-san.livejournal.com]

Magnificent - the water is so so clear - I like red flowers and the mountains make me want to put on my boots and go hiking again!

Thanks for sharing!

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

The sea was so pretty. I still can't get over how clear it was!

[yami-tai.livejournal.com]

Oh, what a stunning place! Did you have any adventures while you were there? (Well, other than the earthquake, 'cos wow)!

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

The earthquake was quite enough, thanks! No, no adventures really, just lots and lots of relaxing.

[emungere.livejournal.com]

Wowwww. Even the vegetable garden is beautiful! And omg so many watermelons.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Hey, you! *buttonholes you* What happened to the watermelon festival story anyway? I ment to ask you last night but was distracted.

[emungere.livejournal.com]

Heee. *is buttonholed*

It is done and betaed and everything! But the deadline was extended to tomorrow, so not posted yet. I put the finished version up on crack central if you want to see. Mmmm, watermelons...

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

I saw it just now - it's fab, and I was completely melted by the ending. :D

[emungere.livejournal.com]

Yay!! :D

[cicer.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, that's lovely! Absolutely stunning. The balcony view! *envies* So pretty. And hee! So many watermelons! What will they do with them all?

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

They feed them to tourists like us *g* All the restaurants had watermelon as dessert, and they sold huge slices in the shops.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I think my favorite is the watermelons. But those are all lovely. Thanks for putting them up!

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

No probs. The fruit and vegetables there were so delicious. I don't get to eat fresh picked apricots and peaches usually. It's fruit heaven!

[trensaddiction.livejournal.com]

I'll second several peoples' opinion of "Wow." The natural beauty of it all is just amazing, and everything looks so very relaxed and serene, well, except for the watermelons, which just look tasty.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm, melon. The photos don't really do it justice - it was so incredibly pretty, and life was so slow and tranquil.

[kanzenhanzai.livejournal.com]

Oh, those are some gorgeous photos. Makes me want to go on vacation *right now*.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Hee! Makes me want to go back. *g*

[enigel]

Somehow I have missed this post at the time :/

To think I'd have been deprived of such breathtaking pics! But I have found them, and there's so much peace and joy emanating from them. Mm, that blue...