Greece holidays: Entry requirements, passport validity, visas and Covid rules explained

Celebrating love! As Hannah Berner and Des Bishop tied the knot, they were joined by all sorts of Bravolebrities — including several of Stassi Schroeder’s former Vanderpump Rules costars who missed her ceremony.

reports.They applied for passports for both their daughters in February, plenty of time to allow for the 5-7 week waiting period for a new passport.But the family were confused when only one passport arrived four weeks later, with the other one nowhere to be seen.To make matters worse, just weeks before they were due to fly they discovered that EasyJet had cancelled their return flight.With only two weeks left before the trip, the couple made the decision to cancel the holiday so that they could get their £3,000 back.Stuart said: "We had been taking our daughter for her fifth birthday, and had applied for the passports at the start of February."We ordered both of our daughters passports at the same time and then had them verified by the same person at the same time. "For some reason they accepted one and not the other because you can't use the same person to verify twice, but we phoned up and they said it was fine and to apply again and they'd put a note on the file.

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A mum and daughter were stunned after being hit with a £500 bill for two drinks and some snacks at a Greek restaurant.

Eurovision Song Contest took place in our very own county of Yorkshire. In 1982, the 27th edition of the competition took place in Harrogate following the country's victory at the 1981 contest. Buck's Fizz won it for us, with their classic "Making Your Mind Up".

holiday.And this is what one mum thought happened when she visited Greece with her 19-year-old daughter.The pair ordered two cocktails and a portion of crab legs, which they enjoyed by sitting on deck chairs for a few hours.But despite only getting a couple of drinks and a light snack, they were charged €520 with a €78 tip – working out at around £510 in total.The duo refused to pay – but were allegedly blocked from leaving the restaurant by male members of staff.The parent has since urged her travel agent to give tourists more information on establishments to avoid.According to The Sun, she told them: “We spent a beautiful day at the beach but please, warn your future customers that the restaurant-bar we visited, charged us €600 for two cocktails and a portion of crab legs.“While we knew that the bill would not exceed €200, suddenly they asked us to pay €600!"After being stung with the hefty bill, the holidaymakers have pledged to file a police report.Locals say that stories like this aren’t uncommon.In 2019, Mykonos restaurant charged €591 (around £503) for just six pieces of calamari.And in the same year, British tourists were charged €82 (£70) for eight soft drinks in a Rhodes restaurant.It’s not just Greece where this happens either.In 2020, a Turkey beach bar charged tourists £43 for kebabs and £65 to swim in sea.And three years earlier, a Brit was fuming when they unwittingly racked up a £463 lunch bill in Venice. For more stories from the Daily Star, sign up to one of our free newsletters here.

Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron pulled out of the band’s show in Oakland last night (May 12) after testing positive for COVID-19.It was the first time in 24 years the sticksman has missed a show with the band.As a result, touring member and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer stepped in on drumming duties for a series of tracks including Neil Young’s ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’, ‘Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town’, ‘Why Go’ and ‘Corduroy’.Longtime band collaborator Richard Stuverud also got behind the drums for ‘Quick Escape’ and ‘Superblood Wolfmoon’ before a fan stepped up for the show’s finale ‘Yellow Ledbetter’. You can view footage below.It comes just days after the band honoured Foo Fighters’ late drummer Taylor Hawkins during their LA concert at The Forum by performing 2005 song ‘Cold Day In The Sun’.The original version of the track featured Hawkins on lead vocals and, for the Seattle band’s performance of it, Cameron took on singing duties.Cameron and Hawkins previously worked together in the band Nighttime Boogie Association, releasing two songs together – ‘Long In The Tooth’ and ‘The Path We’re On’ – in 2020.Last week, Pearl Jam took another moment to remember Hawkins as they kicked off their ‘Gigaton’ tour in San Diego.

He's an acclaimed actor, director and screenwriter, who has garnered two Academy Award wins during his much-publicized career.But on Friday Ben Affleck was happy to step into his fatherly role on Friday afternoon as he stepped out in Santa Monica with his 10-year-old son Samuel.He co-parents the boy withex-wife Jennifer Garner, whom he also shares daughters Violet, 16, and Seraphina, 13, with. Quality time: Ben Affleck, 49, got to spend one-on-one time with his son Samuel, 10, as they hung out in the Santa Monica neighborhood of Los Angeles on FridayThe duo were spotted making their way to Affleck's parked luxury car in the Los Angeles suburb.Seemingly excited to be out of class and with his dad, Samuel led the way dressed casually incamouflage green sweatpants and a black Nike top.

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Stassi Schroeder had her dream wedding with Beau Clark at the Hotel de Russie in Rome, Italy, she confirmed to Instagram on Thursday.The 33-year-old blonde reality TV star looked like a princess in her long off-white tulle wedding gown with a sweetheart neckline from designer Galia Lahav with a white veil and jewelry by Nicole Rose Kopelman.And her husband Beau was dapper in a black tuxedo with a black bow tie as he held onto his wife in photos taken by Cinzia Bruschini Studio and shared to social media. Her dream wedding has happened:Stassi Schroeder had her dream wedding with Beau Clark at the Hotel de Russie in Rome, Italy, she confirmed on Instagram on Thursday And baby makes three:The couple were also seen smiling as they held their daughter Hartford Charlie Rose Clark, age one, who had on a dress that matched her mother's gownStassi noted the event planner was Alison Bryan Destinations as they walked down the aisle with friends and co-stars Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz - who recently split but are on civil terms - looking on.The couple were also seen smiling as they held their daughter Hartford Charlie Rose Clark, age one, who had on a white tulle dress that matched her mother's gown.

OnlyFans star baffled by why all famous naked Greek statues have small penises has made a rather intriguing discovery.Ruby Reign, who posts on TikTok as @rubysaysthings, explained that small penis was once seen as more dignified than men with large appendages who were seen as barbaric in comparison.The busty beauty, known on OnlyFans as badbabyrubez, made two videos on the subject, reaching more than 420,000 likes across them both. In her first video, she said: "Have you ever wondered why so many of the ancient Greek statues have colossal muscular physiques and yet a tiny package? Well, I have, so I did some digging."I found this quote from the Greek playwright that stated that the ideal of barrel beauty was a gleaming chest, bright skin, broad shoulders, tiny tongue, strong buttocks, and a tiny prick."Meanwhile large appendages were depicted rather negatively in ancient Greece like this bad boy right here.

Newly-engaged Jamie Laing has told of his excitement to wed fiancée Sophie 'Habbs' Habboo. In the new chat with OK!, the 31 year old ex-Made in Chelsea ladies' man said he couldn't wait to spend the rest of his life with her. Meanwhile, former star Tiffany Watson is also looking forward to getting hitched to her beau Cameron McGeehan and has opened up about the details of her upcoming nuptials on Instagram.The MIC former favourites are among the current and former stars from the show who have decided to settle down.

Matt Cameron has been behind the drum kit for Pearl Jam since joining the band in 1998, but for the first time since then he was forced to miss a show after testing positive for COVID-19.

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Crete-bound flight saw over 200 passengers stranded on the Greek island for an extra day with the airline company having to put them up in hotels, the firm said in a press release.

The New York Times reports “the court said that officials could not resume the investigation into the plaintiffs that had brought the lawsuit, a family and a doctor, acknowledging that the inquiry would cause ‘irreparable harm’ and leaving in place the injunction as their case proceeds to trial.”It’s unclear currently why the court would allow other investigations to continue while acknowledging the investigation into the plaintiffs would cause harm.The 12-page ruling appears to focus more on the intricacies of the Texas constitution and what parts of the government have the authority to institute orders such as Governor Abbott’s ordering the state Dept.

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Emily Longeretta SPOLER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched all five episodes of “Candy,” now streaming on Hulu.“Candy” viewers knew that star Melanie Lynskey’s real-life husband, Jason Ritter, was appearing in the new series — but they didn’t expect to see Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel’s husband pop up as one of the other cops working the case of Betty’s murder.As it turns out, it was Timberlake’s idea to join the true-crime show. While the duo often share scripts and notes with each other, this time was a bit different.“He loved the the episodes too, and said, ‘Who’s playing this guy?’ And I said, ‘Oh, I don’t know. Probably an Atlanta local.

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