Send me your favourite photos of 2009 so you can enjoy them through the cold winter!!
daphne @mastihari-uncovered.com
 
Thanks to Heidi for the cat in the fountain and Corinne for the lovely reminder of what the harbour looks like in the summer. Even I need a refresher at the moment.
For UK visitors to this page, www.Jet2.com are starting a new route in to Kos from next year. Prices seem to be very competitive and it would seem to be worth checking out. From what I understand this is a rather better class budget airline!
Easyjet;check their site - flights direct from the Uk,Italy and Germany, 4 times weekly. Apparently, there are not more flights scheduled for this year because the agreement was late being finalized but the suggestion is that these will be increased substantially for the season of 2011. There is also talk of 2 flights a week operating through the winter months from 2011. I have to say that would be heaven for those of us living here.
Ryanair are starting flights directly into Kos, Rhodes and Volos in May.They are flying from Milan, Pisa and Frankfurt. A winter timetable is expected to be launched in August. Good news for us here!
There was indeed a local bus waiting at the airport when we arrived home early in January- and it is directly outside the arrivals hall door. This will be calling in Mastihari on its way to Kos so could service many of you arriving independently. At the moment the timetables tie in with the Athens flights but there will be more services in Summer.
Borsalino coffee bar is for sale if anyone might be interested.
The Village Grill is also for sale at a very sensible price.
The Casa Romana in Kos has finally re-opened after years of restoration work. You may remember that I was lucky enough to get a look inside last year, and it is spectacular. The work that has been done seems to have been done very well and the overall effect is beautiful. Definitely worth going to see and entrance is free.
Reports from people who have visited are very enthusiastic and having been I can only agree with them.
I have been twittering on about it for long enough so here are some photos which may decide a few more of you to go and visit.
 
The house is built around central courtyards with magnificently decorated columns. Even the tiles that you can see on the roof are as they would have been when the house was built in the 2/3rd century.
 
The house still has amazing examples of mosaics depicting tigers and dolphins among other things.
 
It is quite humbling to stand in front of a wall that was built more than 1,700 years ago and still see traces of the original colours on the plaster work.
 
Restoration work is still on going and it is hoped that the fountains will be playing again in the courtyards of this fascinating and very important house.
Thanks to Sam and Susan for sending me the photos of the Casa Romana. The thing about it is that from outside you would never imagine the treasures that are contained inside - a great surprise.
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