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