A low-wind motor/sail (Chatele, safe to report to your dad–we turned the motor off while sailing!) from Epidavros to Poros yesterday, successfully avoiding the fast ferries humming through the narrow strait each hour.
We bumped into our old friend the pirate ship, who we saw outside the harbour in Aegina and also sailed past us in Perdika.
A very tranquil night at anchor, and then cranked the dinghy up this morning for a 4 minute high speed run to see the town, have a cappuccino, and buy some boat bits and groceries.
Saw a sign pointing up to the clock tower and figured we had better follow it. A little cardio for Kathy.
As always, there was a tiny church in the vicinity.
Saw some spots badly in need of the services of Kathy’s Strip and Paint. A shame I’m retired.
Mimi, you’re not retired–like I said earlier, everyone and their dog has a dog. Pet services are in high demand if you get tired of Saint George!
A big luxury yacht full of young party girls just anchored next to us. I tried to use the binocs to see if it’s anyone famous, but no luck. My eyes are too bad and I think I’m getting too old to really care. I’ve changed…
Bonus info, these are the jellyfish we’ve been running into occasionally–velella velella. Apparently they are generally harmless, at worst will cause a mild rash. I have yet to get in the water and so am perfectly safe. I considered snorkeling at the sunken ruins, which for me is a modest victory.
I will pass the news on re: authentic sailing happened. Lol
Dad will be proud. He asked everyday while I was up there for any updates!
Hi Kathy and Mike,
Love your blog and following along with your Adventures. Water in Ottawa is VERY high and both clubs are busy sand-bagging to prevent them from becoming indoor pools.
Oh no! I heard that they were rescuing people by boat in Gatineau. High drama! Hope everything turns out okay.
Wow: thanks for the link to Jellywatch, that was really interesting!
I love how they’ve left an “exercise to the student” to count the ratio of left-handed to right-handed ones you can find… it’s gamification of citizen-science! (I win buzzword bingo!)
I am into the gamification of everything! Have been meaning for years to hook up with one of those sites that uses laypeople to help with the tedious stuff in crimesolving, or searching Google Earth, or doing sciency things. I’ll add it to the list of things I will probably never get around to. If only online poker or Candy Crush had a hidden benefit.
Duly noted. Maybe I could open a second clinic somewhere in Greece and spend half my year there!
I was going to say I’ll be your assistant, but I don’t see my Greek improving much beyond please, thank you, hello, yes and no.