A Life Well Lived

• Ignoring the danger signs - driving in the summer in Greece From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (491 days old)

  This time of year is hazardous in Greece as in other hot countries.  Fire is easily started and not easily stopped.  The dry vegetation catches easily and it takes fast and decisive action to avoid di… more

• Solar Cooking - Ecologically friendly and saves money too!! From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (497 days old)

  Yesterday I cooked my first solar powered meal. Today I cooked my second : Here's my solar cooked moussaka with feta cheese topping.I left it in the solar cooker for about three hours and pl… more

• Solar cooking traditional food in the Greek Summer Sun! From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (497 days old)

  Originally posted 2008-06-29 Lots to do and it is very very hot...Spending time swimming, snorkelling, and just doing day to day stuff slowly so as not to get overheated.It was around 40 yesterday!!… more

• When the Heat is ON - time to go snorkelling with my underwater camera in the cool clear Greek waters!! From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (497 days old)

  38 degrees yesterday and we wanted to go out on the water to seek sheltered private coves to swim and cool off.  Alas the waves were too big for the boat.  So we popped along to old favourite Antisa… more

• Greek Loggerhead Turtles caught on camera! From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (497 days old)

  We are generally having a great time living on Kefalonia and sharing our lives with our wonderful new neighbours and lately some old friends.  Old in the sense we have known them a long time - they ar… more

• Video footage of shipwrecked boat taken with underwater camera in the Ionian Sea in Greece From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (497 days old)

  I am so pleased with the way my son has taken to snorkelling.  He has also discovered he likes taking underwater video. I already included one of his shipwreck videos, but had to include this one as w… more

• Octopus and Starfish videos from Kefalonia From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (497 days old)

  I have finally learned how to use Youtube.  I don't know why I had such a reticence about it.  But here are some of the videos from the lovely day out we had on the Aghia Kyriaki - the traditional Gre… more

• Sea cucumbers, starfish,and octopus caught on camera in Cephalonia!! From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (497 days old)

  Ahoy landlubbers!!!  Aaargh!!!  Shiver me timbers.At last we got underway and onto the water yesterday with a young family we have known for years and who had finally come to have a holiday and find o… more

• Jamie's Ionian Discoveries on Aghia Kiriaki From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (498 days old)

  We had a lovely day yesterday on the beach at Antisamos.  Our son took our friends children out for their first experience on the water on the little aquaglide sailing craft we have.  Their ages range… more

• Some Kefalonian wildlife From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (498 days old)

  Here are a lovely family of swans on the lagoon in Argostoli next to Drapano bridge. Original Video - More videos at TinyPic Under the sea - fish at Antisamos beach.  They obviously got use… more

• Under the Sea... From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (498 days old)

  When we can't be on top of the water, then I can be under the water instead!!!Here are some underwater pictures I took yesterday of the fish at Antisamos beach near Sami in Kefalonia. Beneath th… more

• A Load of Rubbish... From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (498 days old)

  Sometimes I get sidetracked by various interesting by ways.  One such sidetrack was a visit to the BBC website to check up on the news and goings on in the UK.I found this story about a recycling… more

• Living in a postcard From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (498 days old)

  Here are some gorgeous photographs taken out and about Kefalonia.  We are lucky to live in one of the most beautiful, peaceful relaxing places in the entire universe.Here's a lovely little b… more

• And so we wait... From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (498 days old)

  Our boat sat in the Argostoli Marina safe and sound awaiting registration as  Greek craft.In order to get the powerboat registered we needed to see the correct person in the Port Police and submi… more

• What happened next? From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (498 days old)

  We arrived home tired but triumphant to actual smiles, waves and hugs (if not cheers) from hopeful fellow villagers who envisaged long fruitful hours fishing in the Kephalonian waters.The boat wa… more

• Home at last!! From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (498 days old)

  The view through the reception window of the Superfast XI ferry as we headed in to Patras in Greece with our multihull powerboat in the hold.The sun was shining - well this is Greece after all - an… more

• A little local disagreement with a lorry driver... From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (498 days old)

  So there we were my teenage son and I.  He was in the back seat and hubby had been sent back to the ferry offices to see what was going on. We had been told where to park and wait until the l… more

• Cruising the Adriatic From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (498 days old)

  I have had a day off blogging to steady my nerves while I gathered my faculties to resume the tale of how we collected our brand new powerboat and how we towed it across Europe on a trailer attached t… more

• Keep on driving, just keep driving... From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (498 days old)

  By the time my husband, I and my teenage son had reached the beginning of the series of tunnels that lead up to the Biggie -the Mont Blanc (official website english version) tunnel itself, we were all… more

• Headed for Mont Blanc From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (498 days old)

  We had stopped for the night in a nice little motorway lodge and had croissants and coffee for breakfast.  Our  brand new boat on which we had spent all the equity from our recently sold hou… more

• Towing through France From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (498 days old)

  It was dark and we were all very very tired when we arrived at the Poole terminal with our new boat to catch the Brittany Ferries ship to Cherbourg.We were the first to arrive and we sat listening to … more

• Our New Boat, collected in February 2008 From sadcatowner ^Pro in A Life Well Lived (498 days old)

  Here is our brand new boat taken in early February 2008. Electrical fault in the rear lights of the trailer being attended to at the last minute. Monday February 11th 2008 and we are off… more

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