Day 191: Sami to Vasiliki

Sailing flashback 

It’s almost exactly 20 years since I was last in Vasiliki and the place has changed a lot. I was here to help the Wildwind sailing holiday staff get to grips with their monohulls, as they were mostly cat sailors. Now there must be twice as many monohulls here as cats. 

There also have to be four times as many buildings in the town now, stretching all along the beachfront and up into the cliffs at the western end.

It’s still a beautiful place though, and Eric, the wind that blows down the cliff face every afternoon was pumping as we arrived. 

It had need a beautiful journey to get here, up through the hills of the northern part of Kefalonia with the most gorgeous views of bright blue bays, sandy cliffs and white pebbly beaches. 

It was quite a climb to make it over to the other side of the island, but well worth it. 

Then we could relax in Fiskado and wait for the ferry to arrive. 

The ferry took us between the Ionian islands amongst a myriad of cruising yachts until we arrived in Nydri on the island of Lefkas. 

After a nice lunch on the waterfront we had another island to cross to get to Vasiliki, with another big hill in the way. 

We’re very lucky to have turned up at Wildwind in Tuesday as it’s barbecue night, which turns into a bit of a sing-a-long and dance. What used to be one guy on a guitar looks like it’s now a full band.