TOURIST SEASON IS WELL UNDER WAY !

The Fish House is finally open!  Which also means I've lost my husband for the next 6 months.  But, at least I get to hold the tv remote control for a change (and no football!), and I won't have to cook so often, it took me ages to make a traditional Greek dish,Pastitsio, (pictured above) - macaroni pie with mince meat  and bechamel on the top, and even longer to tidy up the mess I'd made!

The island saw an unexpected visit from a Cruise Ship, that apparently had some kind of maintenance problem.  Which was great for us, as over 1,000 people buzzed around the harbour area for the day.  If only we had Cruise Ships like this everyday, what a difference it would make.

It was huge, you could see it from my bedroom window!  Which is quite a way from town.

YESTERDAY, we went to The Kipriotis Hotel in Psalidi, a 5 star Hotel. Approx - 10 mins by car from Kos Town, if that!  A brilliant family hotel, lots to do, parks, fun clubs, they even have a totally separate pool area/park just for small children.  Which is an excellent idea.  Superbly clean and well organised.  There are plenty of swimming pools to choose from and activities.  The beach is also very close, just a small walk through the beautiful gardens. The local bus service operates on a regular basis all day and evening to the town.

This pool  is situated in the main area, we shall go back to the play area another day.  It was far too hot, and whilst all the holiday makers were in their skimpy bikinis we were still wearing jeans, and sweating!

There is even an Olympic size pool too, complete with columns!  (and possibly  Greek Andonis's, although I think the one pictured was probably  Russian!) 

Very Modern!

The Kipriotis holds International Conferences, it has a whole separate area especially equipped and designed.  There were 1,200 Russians all 'artists', mainly musicians staying and attending the conference for 2 days.  I was hoping to bump into someone famous.....

Sadly, however it is mostly an All inclusive Hotel, which understandably if you have a family it is more convenient and economical, however, because of the rise of these type of holidays, the island has seen many small businesses closed down and more to follow.  Generally, although the hotel looked 'packed', the rest of the island won't even see a third of these tourists out and about, let alone spending any money.  Not exactly helping the economic situation!

Strike again in Greece in the Public Sector, which is bringing Greece to their knees, or lower, how far can they go?  It is also causing problems at the airports, which isn't helping any situations, and it  might even deter tourists in general into coming at all.