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geordieborn:
I read a number of old posts on here and someone described their visit to the Tsaros and it sounded like they did exactly the same journey as us in May 1993. Arrived (after going via Sidari ::)) more than 2 hours from the airport at 2:30 ish in the morning, left by the rep with all our cases and 2 kids on the road outside the Nafsika and this odd looking Greek guy (Speros ;)) came trudging out. In a surprisingly American English accent tells us “I’ve called Nikos and he will be down to take you up to your apartment shortly”! The “down/up” and “shortly” bit did not bode well. The red pick-up with me and the oldest in the back and OH and youngest (3) in the front, wife holding the passenger door which did not shut properly! He did indeed take us up the track (no tarmac back then, and yes we were there when they did eventually do the road), pitch black with a polecat halfway up blocking our way…. We were even more worried when Nikos couldn’t open the apartment door, turns out it had just been varnished and was stuck. The location more than made up for the hill, but there are a number of places in that area with similar views. I again wonder what the owners are paid as on those dates, take off the flight cost and that’s only £260 for the accommodation!! I do like that Jet2 have anything from 3-54 days duration and alternative flight options.

Jimbo:
I wonder why Spiros was involved. Mind you, everybody in AGStef is related to everybody else. Nikos is no longer doing the driving to and from Tsaros because his eyesight is failing, but he's a lovely bloke, as is Thanassis. There are other apartments, but you'll never get anything as good as Tsaros without paying a fortune!

Spiros spent many years in New York, and the locals say his English is better than his Greek!

geordieborn:

--- Quote from: Jimbo on August 29, 2019, 05:54:11 PM ---I wonder why Spiros was involved. Mind you, everybody in AGStef is related to everybody else. Nikos is no longer doing the driving to and from Tsaros because his eyesight is failing, but he's a lovely bloke, as is Thanassis. There are other apartments, but you'll never get anything as good as Tsaros without paying a fortune!

Spiros spent many years in New York, and the locals say his English is better than his Greek!

--- End quote ---
Speros was involved because Nikos was working for him as a waiter at the time, either as a job or to help each other out.

Jimbo:
That makes some sense. Spiros Kapovitsos got so sick of the Americans calling him Sp-EYE-ros that he started using the spelling Speros. In Greek it's  Σπύρος, and comes from the patron saint, Agios Spyridon.

Love these stories of Agios Stefanos many years ago!

Karen:
We are seriously looking at Jet2 for the future. Flying out of Stansted this year, Tui had a make shift desk and no conveyor belt for the cases, porters were carting them away. Jet2 had a much more professional look and the staff were very helpful to us, when we couldn't find the TUI desk, tucked up a corner!

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