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09/04/23
« on: Sunday, 09 April, 2023 @ 03:59:31 »
Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £0.9032 GBP
1 €UR = $1.1268 USD
£1 GBP = 1.1072 €UR
$1 USD = 0.8875 €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
Sun 09/04   16°/10°   13 km/h   62%   Showers probable, thundershowers possible
Mon 10/04   16°/09°   15 km/h   73%   Showers probable
Tue 11/04   17°/12°   26 km/h   07%   Mostly sunny
Wed 12/04   18°/11°   22 km/h   07%   Sun & cloud
Thu 13/04   18°/13°   16 km/h   08%   Sunny
Fri 14/04   19°/12°   20 km/h   24%   Mostly cloudy
Sat 15/04   17°/12°   17 km/h   33%   Showers possible
Sun 16/04   16°/11°   19 km/h   60%   Showers probable
Mon 17/04   17°/12°   18 km/h   42%   Showers possible
Tue 18/04   18°/12°   18 km/h   22%   Sun & cloud


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Re: 09/04/23
« Reply #1 on: Sunday, 09 April, 2023 @ 04:01:53 »
Yesterday an 87 y-o local in need of urgent medical attention was transferred from Vathy to Sami by Ithaki coast guard.

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Re: 09/04/23
« Reply #2 on: Sunday, 09 April, 2023 @ 14:49:09 »
SYRIZA leader, Alexis Tsipras, will be rallying the troops on Kefalonia this Thursday, 13 April.

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Re: 09/04/23
« Reply #3 on: Sunday, 09 April, 2023 @ 14:54:13 »
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Zakynthos Shipwreck: The Famous Navagio Beach Is Closed For The Whole Summer

The famous Shipwreck of Zakynthos will be closed to the public this entire summer.

This is foreseen in the Official Gazette published by the joint decision of the Ministers of Citizen Protection, Maritime and Island Policy, Tourism and Climate Crisis, according to ERT. Based on this decision, access to the bay of Navagio, both by sea and land, is prohibited until the end of October.
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/09/zakynthos-shipwreck-is-closed/

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Re: 09/04/23
« Reply #4 on: Sunday, 09 April, 2023 @ 15:09:45 »
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Aristocrat with rival claim to throne will play key role in coronation
The 15th Earl of Loudoun is among those who have proven beyond doubt their historic and hereditary right to attend the ceremony

When the King is crowned in Westminster Abbey next month, one aristocrat granted a ceremonial role at the coronation may be pondering whether he is in fact the rightful heir to the throne.

The Coronation Claims Office has confirmed the 15th Earl of Loudoun, the Right Honourable Simon Abney-Hastings, is among those who have proven beyond doubt their historic and hereditary right to attend the ceremony.

He is one of 13 peers and organisations whose online applications to the Cabinet Office team were successful.

Some 20 years ago, Dr Michael Jones, a Medieval historian, uncovered a document in Rouen Cathedral that he claimed proved Edward IV was illegitimate and so not the rightful heir to the throne.

He unearthed records of the 100 Years’ War in France that show Richard, Duke of York, could not have sired Edward because he was 100 miles away from his wife, Cecily Neville, the Duchess of York, during the five weeks of her possible conception.

A Channel 4 documentary, Britain’s Real Monarch, instead suggested an archer was the real father of Edward IV.

As a result, the line of succession should have passed through to Edward’s younger brother George, Duke of Clarence.

The 2004 programme, based on Dr Jones’s book, Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle, claims his direct descendent, the Earl of Loudoun, one of the oldest Scottish noble titles named after Loudoun in Ayrshire, may be the rightful king.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2023/04/09/king-charles-rival-rightful-claim-australia-coronation/

Simon Abney-Hastings... wonder if he's any relation to a hero of the Greek War of Independence, Frank Abney Hastings?

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Re: 09/04/23
« Reply #5 on: Sunday, 09 April, 2023 @ 15:24:24 »
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Zakynthos Shipwreck: The Famous Navagio Beach Is Closed For The Whole Summer

The famous Shipwreck of Zakynthos will be closed to the public this entire summer.

This is foreseen in the Official Gazette published by the joint decision of the Ministers of Citizen Protection, Maritime and Island Policy, Tourism and Climate Crisis, according to ERT. Based on this decision, access to the bay of Navagio, both by sea and land, is prohibited until the end of October.
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/09/zakynthos-shipwreck-is-closed/

Hopefully not too many deaths taking selfies from above in lieu.

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Re: 09/04/23
« Reply #6 on: Sunday, 09 April, 2023 @ 19:42:35 »
Hm, local tour operators on Zakynthos and Kef will need to find a new attraction. Maybe you've just found it - danger tourism. A few casualties should qualify the name and get the adrenalin going.

(But not mine ;))