If you read my report at http://islandwalking.com/zakynthos.html, at least you will know a lot about which walks you might just give a pass…

There is one type of white wine that is available everywhere on the Greek island of Zakynthos, and that is the Verdea. Both dry and semi-dry versions can be found. This is a very refreshing summer drink and has my warmest recommendations. Typically an inexpensive wine. Several producers, the above label is just an example.

Pictures from Zakynthos can now be found in the Photo Album.

No posts for a while, I have been and still am a bit busy partying… 🙂

English speaking fans of the sensational Italian 70s TV-series “Il segno del comando” will be disappointed with the DVD edition provided by RAI. NO sub-titles are included. Obviously no-one in Italy thinks anyone else could possibly be interested. Luckily the script can be found at http://www.teledico.com/sdc/index.htm. The website however does not work (hacked?) and will re-direct to some completely different site if you click just about anything. But there is a solution for that: I recommend the Opera web browser where it is so easy to momentarily disable Javascript (or make a site specific setting for this by right-clicking the web page). That will fix it. Also running the entire website (even if it will leave it visually bad looking) through Google Translate will maybe be the best, because this is also all in Italian. What you are looking for is “Sceneggiato” – “Puntate” – “Prima”…”Quinta” for the five episodes.

If you want to familiarize yourself with Greek Wine you could not have a better guide than this book, “The Illustrated Greek Wine Book” by Nico Manessis:

Discovery Walking Guides seem to have been extremely busy the last year or so. Everything “La Palma” also has new editions: “Walk! La Palma” and “La Palma Tour & Trail Map”.

Also new this year, the “Tenerife Hikers’ Maps Super-Durable Edition”.

But this one *is* new, the 5th edition of the “La Gomera Tour & Trail Super-Durable Map”.

Not exactly brand new, but this is the latest (5th ed) “Mallorca North & Mountains Tour & Trail Map” (Super-Durable edition).