Day 139 - Am i being pranked?

So my dear dear followers how are we today?

Its been an incredible past 16 days and if i didn't know better i would think I'm being pranked.
Every single night he bar has been full from around 7.45pm and then continues in that way until about 11.30pm.
On one night i served my first drink at 7.20pm and did not stop making a drink for 1 second until 12.15am. I mean constant with no let up. I worked it out that i made a drink every 53 seconds and that's with taking the order, making the drink and serving it and having to clean tables with collecting glasses, UNREAL!
I truly am now a broken man.
I was bursting for a wee by 12.15am and boy was it a relief lol.
If i had closed on the 17th Sept i would have equalled my best season ever which was last year so as you can see it's been a manic, crazy, amazing 2019 and just the biggest huge thank you to all who have visited Oceanic this season.

Big dreadful sad news about Thomas Cook BUT i could see it coming, couldn't you?
The resort already seems subdued unlike other nights coming in to bar. Took a ride past Ionian Blue which is Thomas Cook i think at 5.30pm and only 4 around pool. Either that or they all having a siesta.
The hotels now have what decision to make, do they leave the tourists stay for free until their flights home or do they charge per night and ones who won't or can't pay have to leave? But the CAA have said that if your hotel tells you they want money for your room do not pay them, you are to call the call centre number first +44 1753 330 330

Another point, the hotels and apartments with Thomas Cook will now be empty for the rest of the season so do they close up shop now?
When they sold off half their fleet 3 years ago that was the beginning of the end.
Last year they sold off the other half, that then was the nail in their coffin. They did exactly the same as Toys r Us, they sold off all their buildings then leased them back like Thomas Cook did with the planes.
I feel very sorry for all the employees who have lost their jobs. People with holidays will get back home and get refunds for future bookings, they haven't lost their income.
Also for those who have booked their holiday with them, remember, its only a holiday, you haven't lost a limb or your house or a loved one or even your own life, its just a few days in the sun, no need for drama. In the big picture off life this is the size of a amoeba (microscopic living cell).
I'm more worried for the hotels and apartments with Thomas Cook, they won't get their money for the past 60-90 days of tourists.
They also may not get another tour company wanting to use them as many are not up to the standard for Tui and Jet2 so the owners would have to pay out a fortune to upgrade the standards which leaves them virtually empty for next year apart from the odd private bookings.
Also then there is the airport situation with Jet2, even if they do take them on Jet2 only fly from certain airports, so TUI would have the stranglehold on the market and they are expensive.
Then flight prices would go up and the private rooms would be to expensive to book as a package with TUI or Jet2 will work out cheaper. Very worrying for many hotels and apartments as Thomas Cook were the cheap option holidays who used the not so up to scratch accommodations.
This will have a huge knock on effect to all tourism and maybe lead to more none UK companies taking over the lesser hotels and apartments.
Very sad day for all involved with Thomas Cook.

On a happy note here's a picture of Jebus the donkey i found.

And a puppy Beagle i want to get awwwwww.

See that must have cheered you up.

So until the next longer update.......

Serve All, Love All, Peace All, Kevlar Out!

Day 123 - Forgot my password, bugger, but i'm back

So as you can see on day 99 i did start a blog update but logged out and then forgot my password hence just the little starter paragraph.

IT'S SEPTEMBER, YEEEEEEEHAAAAAAA! HOW YOU ALL DOING OUT THERE?

Even though i hate July and August apart from about 12 days throughout both those months it was a stormer of a period and 2019 season is now already my best season ever and still 7 weeks to go but it comes at a cost........I'm broken. I would be quite happy for the season to finish now as i explained to Sian and for the millennial's reading this "If i was a mobile phone I'd be on my final bar of power".

Had some strange nights in July and August as if it was Oct with old road being dead all night.

8.30 when people are usually off to the restaurants

10.30 when people are usually leaving the restaurants, even the shop closed early that night it was so dead.

IS ANYBODY OUT THERE? HELLLLOOOO?

Sian has just gone back yesterday after a 3 week stay which was so good, i needed her here so i would get a holiday. We had many date nights after i closed bar in Zakynthos Town, snorkeling, dined out allot, went out on adventures, had a movie day, had a few lazy days, lots of pool days, the odd beach day (yukky sand) but most of all just allot of quality time together and she's back very soon this month with maybe a trip to Athens for my birthday then back again in October to fly home together.

On one of our beach days Sian found a tiny crab walking along the sea edge, how she spotted it i don't know.

Not really done much apart from all the things with Sian as the bar has been manic, manic , manic and continues like it even up until last night, good job i have my emergency chairs.
Its also been a season of a few regular customers returning after a 4 year absence since 2015, the reasons i don't need to know and didn't ask but it was nice to see them back in again having drinks and laughs like old times, i don't have a problem with why they stayed away but so nice to see them all again over the past 4 months.

One day as i was riding through Zakynthos town on the port road and i had to do a double take. There was a boat moored up and on the top deck it had a helicopter, the boat is called "Cloudbreak". It cost £750,000 a week to rent. Just give me a call and i will tell you when its vacant lol.

I told the captain not to pick me up until October.

Now then, not much bugs me, I'm a pretty laid back guy BUT the locals and their parking grinds my gears. They park not in a parking space only 5 feet away from the door, OH NO, they have to park almost right at the door and here is 2 examples within a week.

At Lidl and 2 cars parked over bike park on the right of picture at front of store with 2 empty spaces only 5 feet away

And here is a car with a whole empty car park to choose from at 7am and you can see again how close the spaces are but that's to difficult so I'll just park right in front of the door.

I like to take a few pictures so thought I'd take a few early morning shots from the house.

The sunrise from my balcony.

In the opposite direction that same morning the moon.

And early morning mist over the field next to my house.

This season October can't come quick enough and its a quick trip to Geneva then on to London.
Why Geneva? I hear you ask, well...................Direct from here on the date i want to leave in Oct it was £400 for 2 of us, one way, no baggage or reserved seat with easyjet. Thomas Cook £490 for 2, one way, no baggage or reserved seat. TUI wanted £730 for 2 one way, no baggage or reserved seat.
So this is what i did. Swiss air to Geneva from Zakynthos with baggage, reserved seat, food and a drink £90 for 2. Night at Geneva airport in a Sofitel Hotel £60. Geneva to Gatwick £100 for 2 with baggage and reserved seat with Ryanair. In total for Sian and i it cost £250 with a night in Geneva.
How crazy but cool is that? We go to Switzerland allot so we know the hotel at the airport and there is plenty of bars and food places in the airport so don't have to venture far. Then 4 nights in London as a little holiday for myself and Sian at the Charlotte Hotel in Fitzrovia.

I amazed how many people are talking around the resort about me finishing up at the bar. Gossip must be very thin on the ground lol. I do wish they would get it right though, this season is NOT my last season, next year is but as I've said to few people, you never know there could be one more season in me after that but if the 9 people interested are serious in buying the business then a big decision will have to be made at the end of 2020 but that's ages away yet.

Mr. Jingles is now not in to salad, he loves the cake, cake , cake, cake, all day long but he has taken to nibbling the TV remote control.  I KNEW HE WAS WATCHING TV WHILE I'M OUT! LITTLE SHIT!

So there you go folks, I'm not dead or collapsed in a exhausted heap or done a runner, it's just been to damn hot and busy in bar and been enjoying my time with Sian.

So until the next update.........

Serve All, Love All, Peace All, Kevlar out.

Day 99 - "Nine nine luftballon"

Now it's day 99 and nine nine luftballon are released in germany and come up on a radar as unidentified objects and start a nuclear war. What a stupid song.