First tour of the island this season!

It was time to take a ride around the island today as the roads are very quiet this time of season, Helen hired a jeep and took 2 friends (Trudy & Richard) out with, i decided to follow on my bike as i needed to get back earlier.

It is wonderful to see the island without coaches zooming past you, Quads being driven like maniacs and scooters buzzing everywhere. Whenever i take a ride out it always reeminds me of how lucky i am to live and own a business on this island, the blue skies, the warm sun and the stunning views.

So our first stop was a taverna, now this taverna for you all to visit is past the 2000 year old olive tree, you get to a T-junction where you can either go to Zakynthos town or the Shipwreck viewing platform. On the left hand corner of that T-junction is the Greek version of "The Bates Motel", welcome to "The Bates Taverna". We were met by a lovely dog with a sign around its neck saying " I have Tea, Coffee, Ice Cream, Fresh Tomms but i do not have any money" Why a dog would need money i don't know. On entering this homely Taverna we were met by a little lady of about 80 without any english language, We ordered 3 Nescafe, 2 without milk, and 2 with sugar along with that a frappe with sugar no milk. On her return we were given 2 greek coffees with milk, 2 greek coffees without milk and all with sugar. Although she did repeat the order back to us when we first sat down and placed it. Anyway along with the water she brought a small bottle of water, some greek biscuits both of which weren't asked for but she gestured they were off her, then after all was finished we were presented with orange segments on cocktail sticks, again gestured as free off the sweet little old lady. Then it was time for the bill, OH MY GOD! 14.50 Euro! Its the first time i've ever been mugged in broad daylight by an 80 year old granny LOL. It was worth it just to meet the Dog.

Second stop was the grill restaurant at St. Nicholas port at the north of the island where we all had fish although my plate had that much squid on it i thought they had cooked the contents of an Aqualand squid display tank, bloody piles of it but great value for money. At this point i had to leave to head back but had a nice cruise back through the centre of the island.

I hope the little old lady doesn't read this and come to get me in my shower at some point in time, better take the shower curtain down haha.