The island of Kefallonia has several spellings, Kafalonia and the Latinized Cephalonia as well as the Cyrillic version that I won't attempt. Greece seems quite loose about spelling. I came to suspect that the restaurants would deliberate misspell some of the items on the menu to provide local color (such as 'ceese pie' and 'draught bear') Most Americans are familiar with Cephalonia through the best seller and movie "Captain Corelli's Mandolin." The movie stars Nicholas Cage and Penolope Cruz and focuses on the Nazi atrocity committed against the Italian army in 1943 when 3000 men of the Italian 11th Mountain Division were executed. The book focuses more on the efforts of Communist partisans fighting against the Nazi's and then on into the 1950's. The Communist party remains strong and team Zubenel saw many KKE offices through out the Ionian Islands.
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