Friday, August 17, 2012
10th to 20th JULY – we left Sami on Kefalonia and headed north towards Corfu visiting Ithica, Kefalonia again (Fiskardo), Messalongi, Levkas, Vonitsa and Preveza on the way. Lovely trip – the scenery in this area is great – a bit like the west highlands coast of Scotland although of course a little warmer and sunnier. We had a few days in Corfu to tidy up the boat and get some repairs/jobs done (did an oil change, upgraded a circuit breaker and had an engineer investigate gps gremlins) and then we flew home to Malta (via Rome and a super visit to the Borghese Gallery to see two of Carravagio’s best paintings and some exceptional Bernini sculptures). Now at home and amazing to think the first part of our sailing season is already over. Now we’ll take a break from sailing until the end of August when we’ll set off from Corfu to cross the Aegean making for Bodrum for the winter. We hope we’ll catch up with many friends over the next 5 weeks as we visit the UK and France. Will update our blog on the Aegean trip in September. Best wishes Helen and Iain
3RD TO 9TH JULY – We left Itea and began our journey westward through the Gulf of Corinth and the Gulf of Patras to Kefalonia to meet our friends Roy and Jackie. This was a lovely sailing area although there aren’t many ports en route. We stopped at the small island of Trezonia for a night and wish we could have stayed longer – its so quiet and beautiful. Only downside is the harbour/marina has no water or electricity services as it appears to be abandoned and so is full of long term live aboards or local boats enjoying free moorings! On the next leg we passed under the huge Rion bridge joining the north of Greece with the Peloponnese. We suspect a lot of EU money went into this bridge and when we passed we saw about 2 cars and one lorry crossing – and they still run the ferries! From our travels around Greece we think we now know where at least some of the money has gone – roads, bridges and (abandoned) marinas!
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