Sounds like a lovely place, and the food sounds wonderful. I use to read Mary Stewart's novels, and many of them were set in Greece, and she always wrote such vivid descriptions of the scenery that I wanted to visit there someday, but haven't made it yet.
Allison

: Just had really nice holidays in
: Kefalonia.

: A Greek island we have not visited
: before, and its a really beautiful
: place. Not much in the way of
: tourism there ( the airport is
: tiny!) Its so good to see
: countryside of Greece.

: Never seen such turquoise sea, and
: the land is so green and colourful
: flowers!

: I'd like to share two special meals I
: had there.

: One was when we had a day out touring
: the island. We were staying at
: Lourdas in the south. This day out
: had us driving round the island.
: When we have a day out like this I
: have learned to pack a bit of
: lunch for just in case ... and so
: I pack a box of yam/pp cakes in my
: suitcase and freeze them on
: arrival.. so theres enough for
: days out, and the plane journey
: home as well. Browns are often
: tricky abroad... I can report that
: Kefalonia had potato, all sorts of
: beans and rice cakes.

: So we packed a cooler bag with water
: for the day and 2 buttered 'cakes'
: for me. My favourite sights were
: in Argostoli, the capital, which
: had big vegetable and fruit stalls
: right on the edge of the
: bay....Everwhere it seems there
: are allotments for growing
: vegetables for every home and
: taverna (every taverna boasts
: organic produce and you can see it
: growing right by the side! ) ...
: the turquoise sea and beaches....
: and the fishing port of Fiskardo,
: where we stopped for lunch.

: heres where a combined yam/pp in your
: bag comes in handy..with those I
: had the best lunch ever. We sat by
: the boats in the harbour and
: watched the world go by. I
: remember the colours being so
: stunning and bright. I chose Greek
: salad with feta cheese and extra
: olives. One thing that will stay
: in my mind was that when the
: waiter noticed we had a few wasps,
: he brought a dish of dry coffee..
: Instant I think it was... and set
: fire to it! he said, wasps dont
: like it. Neither did DH , but I
: though the whole thing was
: fascinating.

: My other memorable meal was in
: Lourdas and I got to choose
: because it was my birthday. We
: stumbled on the taverna on the
: first night and I loved it so much
: I wanted to go back there. They
: had a wedding area there too which
: I thought was marvellous, such a
: nice location, up a hill
: overlooking the sea, with a good
: view of those dry stone walls
: supporting woodland and greenery,
: and viewing the odd villa on the
: way down to the sea

: as with every meal in Kefalonia it
: was a bit of a wrench saying no to
: the homemade bread that arrives
: with every meal ( I am gluten
: free) but the tastiness of
: everything else made up for it! I
: chose Gigantes beans ( a bit like
: big butterbeans) which were in a
: sauce of tomato and a tiny bit of
: cinnamon... that was a starter
: really but I could combine it....
: charcoal grilled pork chop with a
: big salad.. and the edge of the
: plate was so pretty, it was
: sprinkled with parsley, and tiny
: tiny dice of yellow and red
: peppers.

: I dont often have pudding, but for
: the occasion we went back to the
: villa and had some frozen greek
: yogurt

: Im going to have a look online to see
: if I can find some authentic
: recipes. I am sure Greek food may
: be my favourite.Going to have
: souvlaki tonight which is grilled
: meat on the skewer and our weather
: is so hot its got to be greek
: salad with some oregano in it...
: I'm not ready to let go of greek
: things just yet!