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Maik:
Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £0.9067 GBP
1 €UR = $1.1099 USD
£1 GBP = 1.1029 €UR
$1 USD = 0.9010 €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
Wed 22/03   18°/11°   15 km/h   07%   Sunny
Thu 23/03   18°/11°   10 km/h   12%   Mostly cloudy
Fri 24/03   19°/11°   17 km/h   12%   Sunny
Sat 25/03   18°/12°   12 km/h   10%   Sun & cloud
Sun 26/03   19°/12°   17 km/h   10%   Sunny
Mon 27/03   17°/10°   27 km/h   63%   Showers probable
Tue 28/03   14°/09°   40 km/h   72%   Showers & strong winds probable
Wed 29/03   15°/10°   25 km/h   24%   Mostly sunny
Thu 30/03   15°/11°   21 km/h   05%   Mostly sunny
Fri 31/03   17°/12°   19 km/h   06%   Mostly sunny

frost.getmap.gr
No risk of frost

Maik:

--- Quote ---Greece to have elections in May, prime minister says

Greece will hold general elections in May, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a television interview on Tuesday.

The conservative government's four-year term expires in July, and Mitsotakis was widely expected to call an election in early April.

Opinion polls show his New Democracy party's lead over the leftist opposition Syriza party shrinking following Greece's worst rail disaster on Feb. 28.
--- End quote ---
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greece-have-elections-may-prime-minister-says-2023-03-21/

Maik:
Back in November, 2021, the Municipality of Argostoli agreed to improve the situation regarding strays by organising an adoption page on the web, supplying microchips for local volunteer vets to fit and working with Greek volunteer vets to neuter and vaccinate strays. Yesterday Alexandros Panteleios, leader of the Κεφαλονιά, νησί για όλους  (Kefalonia, an island for all) group questioned why there has been no progress in eighteen months.

Maik:
Proposals to privatise water companies in Greece are being met with opposition. Currently they are not-for-profit organisations run in conjunction with local municipalities for the benefit of the community.

Maik:
"Dogs and cats are welcome in this hotel. We never had a dog that smoked in bed and set fire to the blankets. We never had one that stole our towels and played the T.V. too loud or had a noisy fight with his travelling companion. We never had a dog that got drunk and broke up the furniture... So if your dog / cat can vouch for you, you are welcome too. The management."

Sign in a Pelion hotel: greekcitytimes.com

 :)

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