We usually try to avoid the motorways but we wanted to get
round Kavala and the motorways here are very quiet. We stayed on the motorway
until we approached Lake Volvi where we took the old National Road south of the
lake. This part of the journey was memorable not just for the views but also for
the snakes – we saw at least seven dead snakes on the road, some very recently
squashed. We then came off the National Road, heading SW , through Panorama to
the southern outskirts of Thessaloniki. The Zambetas motorhome dealership was
on the main road, close to the airport. I took the converter lead in and
explained the problem. They did not have any 2-pin converter leads but did have
the necessary plug and socket, so I knew that I could make one up if needed.
They said that they could make one up for me and took the faulty lead with
them. They came back and showed me the inside of the CEE socket – one pin had
completely burned away but, intriguingly, there had been no smell of burning
when I checked the lead earlier. They had made a new cable for me using the
original 2-pin plug and cable, simply fitting a new CEE socket and only charged
me for the new socket – very impressive! Jane found some toilet fluid and I
couldn’t resist a USB rechargeable plasma gas lighter, so we felt slightly less
guilty about how little they had charged us.
We checked with them about staying the night and they gave us a printed sheet
showing us where to find the toilet, shower (!!) and black water (toilet
cassette) disposal. He also explained about the pedestrian entrance that we
could use after the site had been locked up for the night and gave us the
details of the free WiFi. And all of that for no charge!
We went back to the van, plugged into the 2-pin electric point with our new
cable and set about cooking a meal using the new plasma gas lighter that was
very efficient. We were entertained by a small flying boat that was doing ‘circuits
and bumps’ (practicing take-offs and landings) from the airport and there were
a couple of prop planes but no jet activity.
Photos: The church of Agia Marina external and internal. The church is built on
the site of a temple to Artemis in Ancient Arethousa and is on the
National Road just south of the eastern end of Lake Volvi. We stopped here
for lunch with a distant view of the lake.
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