01/05/24

[Maik]

Καλό μήνα

Today’s bank rates:   
1 €UR = £ 0.8820 GBP   £1 GBP = 1.1337 €UR
1 €UR = $ 1.1065 USD   $1 USD = 0.8975 €UR
1 €UR = $ 1.6874 AUD   $1 AUD = 0.5926 €UR
   
Based on National Bank of Greece exchange rates.   
Other banks likely to offer rates which may be marginally higher or lower.    
Banks and foreign exchange offices normally charge standard 2% commission.   
You may get a better rate changing your holiday money in advance at e.g. the Post Office.   
NB: some f-ex agencies advertise "No Commission".    
Invariably, they deduct commission before they (don't) advertise the rate.   
Foreign exchange offices are businesses, not charities.   
   
Ten day weather forecast for Kefalonia:   
This is an overall forecast, due to the mountainous terrain the weather can be very localised.   
Updated forecast @ weather.com   
   
Day, Date   Hi°/Lo°   Wind sp   Wet   Forecast   
Wed 01/05   22°/15°   11 km/h   05%   Sun & cloud    
Thu 02/05   22°/14°   18 km/h   24%   Sun & cloud    
Fri 03/05   20°/13°   24 km/h   17%   Sun & cloud    
Sat 04/05   20°/13°   30 km/h   24%   Sun & cloud    
Sun 05/05   22°/13°   17 km/h   15%   Mostly sunny    
Mon 06/05   23°/14°   16 km/h   07%   Sunny    
Tue 07/05   23°/15°   17 km/h   05%   Mostly sunny    
Wed 08/05   22°/15°   15 km/h   16%   Sun & cloud    
Thu 09/05   22°/14°   18 km/h   09%   Sun & cloud    
Fri 10/05   22°/14°   19 km/h   34%   Showers possible   
   

[Maik]

Midday yesterday Poros Port Authority, Kefalonia, was informed by a crew member that a 45 y-o foreign passenger had collapsed on arrival at Kefalonia. Taken by ambulance to Argostoli for check-up.

[Maik]

Minor traffic accident earlier today with two injured when passenger car hit safety barrier in Peratata.
 

[BeeTee]

Καλό μήνα to you Maik. Hope you are feeling better.

[Maik]

No seats left on Easter ferries

Ferries will depart on Thursday and Friday with a 100% occupancy rate, to serve the Easter travelers, while there are very few airline seats that remain available on the Aegean Airlines network for trips either in Greece or abroad.

The particularly increased traffic for this Easter, higher than last year’s, also practically coincides with the start of the summer season for a very large part of the seasonal hotels which start opening from Wednesday, May 1. By the first week of June, the vast majority of Greek seasonal hotels are expected to have opened their doors.

https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1237713/no-seats-left-on-easter-ferries/

Possibly seat sell out in Cyclades and Aegean but a little less so in Ionian, maybe 
 

[Maik]

Latest I've heard: on Paska the opening hours for Melissani and Drogarati will be 10:00-12:00 Sunday, 05 May, for regular visitors and non-cruise ship passengers; 10:00-12:30 for cruise ship passengers.

[Maik]

Body of 55 y-o foreign national recovered midday yesterday from the sea off Agia Marina beach, Hania.

[Maik]

Apple working to fix alarming iPhone issue

Apple says it is working to quickly fix an issue that caused some iPhone alarms not to play a sound, giving their slumbering users an unexpected lie-in.

For many people, their phone is an indispensable alarm clock and some over-sleepers turned to social media to vent.

One TikTokker complained that she had set "like five alarms" and they didn't go off.

Apple has confirmed it is aware of the issue - but is yet to spell out what it believes is causing it, or what users can do to avoid a late start.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kl4glp547o

[Maik]

Kef fire risk 01/05/24: Low