{"id":194,"date":"2012-04-05T22:00:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T22:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=194"},"modified":"2024-10-05T19:39:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T18:39:01","slug":"cephalonia-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=194","title":{"rendered":"Azura Eastern Med Cruise: Day 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cephalonia, Greece<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Weather:<\/strong> Overcast at first but sunny by lunchtime<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon was finally happy \u2013 sea conditions were FINALLY getting a little rougher.  Overnight it felt like you were in a washing machine \u2013 not your usual side to side rocking or simply dipping from head to toe.  It was all four directions one after the other!!.  It wasn\u2019t that rough though \u2026 the Captain likened it to going over speed bumps.  As we had sailed into a headwind, we were a little later to dock in Cephalonia than expected.  Our feathered friend had also departed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It had also rained overnight and still drizzling when we docked.  We had breakfast in the buffet again as we tried to sleep in as long as possible \u2013 again, no problem finding seats.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cephalonia was the first in five ports of call in five consecutive days.  We hadn\u2019t booked a trip and we weren\u2019t expecting to see an awful lot in the town of Argostoli.  Jon and I had visited Cephalonia back in 1997 and had visited the Drogerati Caves and the Melisani Lake (the two highlights of the Island).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By the time we\u2019d finished breakfast, things were starting to brighten up so we headed ashore.\u00a0 We walked around the seafront and chose to cut inland at the right spot to find the pedestrianised shopping street.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The little Orthodox church on this road was open and was extremely ornate inside.  Although not as gilded as other Orthodox churches we\u2019ve previously been inside, the paintings on the roof were stunning. Callum lit a little candle.<\/p>\n\n\n

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