A one horse town ... without the horse
4 November 2008 - Zakinthos, Greece QE2 anchored in the bay and we were all transferred by tender (lifeboat) out to Zakinthos Town. She looked beautiful and resplendent in the bay. A proper ocean liner. I had been in Zakinthos about 18 years ago with two friends from University. I thought it would be a great holiday. They could lie on the beach, and I could go and look at Greek Temples as I was (and still am) into Greek history and archaeology. The island disappointed me. Their main resort, Laganas was like Blackpool with sun. We stayed in Argassi which was still quite nice, but getting commercialised. As for the temples... the whole place was flattened by an earthquake in 1953, so there was nothing. We went for a tour of the island... nothing. The only mildly interesting place was Zakinthos Town because it still retained a little Greek charm. Yeuch! After getting the tender at 11.30am I wandered aimlessly around some shops and then back onto the tender at 12.30am for lunch. Nothing to...