Well this should have been our Zante stop
but there was a lifeboat malfunction (it was a tender port) and we had to sail past
(not sure if that's true, I don't know the way)
and continue on to Katakolon ...a port in Western Greece.
It is a small town facing the Ionian Sea and is most famous for Olympia, the ancient site where the Olympic Games began in the 8th century BC (which is why the cruise ships stop here) but we had already been, AND had already been to Olympia so we felt a little disappointed.
However we had a lovely day - which began with a selfie with the captain woohoo!
We took a Thomson Tour (blimey) out to a lovely beach (we'd never have found it otherwise, it was a long drive) and arrived to sunbeds, brolly, beer and coffee, FABULOUS.
Oooooosh! That sea!
Husb went fully IN.
Like properly under.
Hundreds of fish, shallow and warm. great sand underfoot, and I did a few "lengths"
AWESOME
Back mid afternoon for a deliciously cold pint of beer in Katakolon which must have gone straight to my head because within minutes of getting back on ship I was tucking into a bowl of pasta...
and as you know I'm not a massive fan of pasta.
It ended up being a lovely day although the wind got up about 5pm and sunbeds were flying everywhere so we had a chill before dinner and then I ended up onstage with the cast of Coggs haha.
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