1 to 3 Sept – after Michelle left on Sat morning we stayed on in Aegina for another 2 days – we quite like the town and it is a great place to provision, do laundry, has good cafes (with wifi!)and shops and even a reasonable barber! We also found a terrific restaurant and had the best meals (we went twice!) we’ve had so far in Greece. The town has a lively bustling busy feel to it. However, it is NOISY – all day and most of the night. So eventually on Monday morning we went in search of quieter anchorages. Heading over to the mainland from Aegina we had to cross the shipping lane from Piraeus but it wasn’t as busy as we’d expected although there were a lot of ships anchored off the port – perhaps a sign of the economy that cargoes are less plentiful. We had hoped to get into Voulagmeni marina which is little bit outside Athens but here we encountered the first unfriendliness/unwelcoming attitude we’ve found in Greece – the mainland and especially Athens is perhaps very different from the islands. Anyway the harbour staff made it VERY clear we were not to berth there (although there were several available berths) and came out in their RIB to chase us away. As they didn’t want our berthing fee we continued down the coast and anchored in a lovely little bay (“Chapel Cove”) just to the west of Cape Sounion which is the SE point we need to round to get to the marina on the east coast where we plan to leave ALMA for a week while we fly to Istanbul for a short break for our anniversary.