NEW BOAT HIRE SERVICE IN KARAVOMILOS HARBOUR Down in the harbour at Karavomilos (a few minutes drive from The Walnut Tree villa), there is a very exciting new boat hire venture (www.7seasboats.com) There are five seater day boats, a six seater, a seven seater and an eight seater – just pick any combo to suit a small or large expedition! Imagine setting off to find your own secluded cove: the picnic, the beers and soft drinks are aboard, the sun is shining; the day is long and it’s YOURS! Below are pictures of some of the boats.  Click the link Read more »

The Beginning And so to the beginning … where everything always starts.             The first photo above is taken from upstairs looking towards the road and the second photo shows where the pool is now.   We had bought a two storey half finished villa on an island where we had spent just three very lovely holidays.  Hardly an in-depth knowledge of the place we had chosen to become our second home.  From the gardening point of view, we were pretty ignorant of the region (the Mediterranean), the country (Greece) and the island of Kefalonia. Read more »

The Walnut Tree villa near Sami, Kefalonia has changed hands. The Jefferies family, who rented the property in 2017, never quite forgot it.  Jackie and Richard who plan to make the villa a retreat for themselves and for their boys during their holiday time, but still intend to rent it out in high season. Jackie and Richard approached us in the spring of 2022 and after some deep thought, we decided to sell The Walnut Tree.  It was time to hand over to younger hands.  Since then, we have taken the opportunity to buy an old village house in Karavomilos, Read more »

 THE JEWELS OF THE IONIAN SEA  –  Kefalonia, Zante, Ithaca, Corfu, Paxos, Lefkada, Cythera and Omfori. Of course, the island of Kefalonia’s beauty is as well known as those crystal clear waters of the Ionian Sea.  Sea and land – a partnership as old as time are the magical ingredients.  Practically every photo of a great view taken on Kefalonia has the sea as its focus or the sea will be in there somewhere; in the background or peeping out from behind that hill.  Beyond the sea – more land.  More islands.  That’s just how it is!  The temptation is to Read more »

SAMI HAS A MUSEUM – RIGHT IN THE CENTRE OF TOWN I meant to write this blog last year, when I first visited the new museum in Sami.  The best of intentions so often come to nothing!  When we first arrived in Kefalonia, we only had the sketchiest idea of the history of the port and town of Sami.  Over time, the colourful past of Kefalonia slowly unfolded and we were hooked. There was the Mycenaean period when the island had been governed by the four individual city states.  This was followed by a time when Greece was divided into Read more »