11/02/23

[Maik]

Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £0.9117 GBP
1 €UR = $1.1094 USD
£1 GBP = 1.0969 €UR
$1 USD = 0.9014 €UR

Based on Alpha Bank exchange rates, these are widely used by exchange agencies in Greece.
Other banks likely to offer a different rate 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
Sat 11/02   11°/08°   13 km/h   01%   Sun & cloud
Sun 12/02   13°/08°   19 km/h   07%   Mostly cloudy
Mon 13/02   12°/07°   20 km/h   03%   Sunny
Tue 14/02   14°/08°   15 km/h   03%   Sunny
Wed 15/02   15°/09°   06 km/h   07%   Mostly sunny
Thu 16/02   15°/09°   07 km/h   10%   Mostly sunny
Fri 17/02   15°/10°   10 km/h   05%   Sun & cloud
Sat 18/02   15°/10°   11 km/h   24%   Sun & cloud
Sun 19/02   15°/10°   11 km/h   18%   Sun & cloud
Mon 20/02   15°/11°   16 km/h   33%   Showers possible

frost.getmap.gr

High risk of temperatures below minus two degrees Celsius (< -2°C)

[Maik]

https://www.teessideinternational.com/destinations/flights-to-corfu-greece-from-teesside-airport/

Corfu !?!

I don't think so!

Assos

[Maik]

Police in Argostoli made three arrests on Thursday, two minors for theft of metal from a business in town and the father of one of them for complicity and lack of supervision.

[Maik]

Boris Johnson Is In Kalavryta For His Winter Vacation!

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose love for Greece is well known, was in the Peloponnesian winter resort town of Kalavryta on Friday night!

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/02/11/boris-johnson-kalavryta/

[Maik]

Martin Lewis issues ‘must-know’ travel warning for holidaymakers

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/martin-lewis-travel-insurance-b2279683.html

[Maik]

Concerns about landslides... Poros  gorge was netted a few years back but rocks are building up on the netting, hopefully they'll be cleared away sometime.

Rocks being cleared from the netting by the Directorate of Technical Works

[Maik]

Elections coming, Poros promised a doctor three days a week. No sign of an ambulance being stationed down Elios-Pronnoi end of the island.

[Maik]

Brief promotional video (unofficial) for Argostoli karnavali:


https://youtu.be/dyhwYiZQ8pM?t=1

[Maik]

Revealed: secret cross-party summit held to confront failings of Brexit

An extraordinary cross-party summit bringing together leading leavers and remainers – including Michael Gove and senior members of Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet – has been held in high secrecy to address the failings of Brexit and how to remedy them in the national interest, the Observer can reveal.

The two-day gathering of some of the country’s most senior Labour and Tory politicians from both sides of the Brexit debate, together with diplomats, defence experts and the heads of some of the biggest businesses and banks, was held at the historic Ditchley Park retreat in Oxfordshire on Thursday afternoon and evening, and on Friday.

Documents from the meeting, obtained by the Observer, describe it as a “private discussion” under the title: “How can we make Brexit work better with our neighbours in Europe?”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/11/revealed-secret-cross-party-summit-held-to-confront-failings-of-brexit