We stayed in a small local B&B for a few days while we closed up the boat for the winter. Lovely experience living in a local area even though our hosts spoke no English and our Turkish is limited to good morning and thank you! Bodrum town has changed a lot since we were last there – spoilt by tourism and after the tranquillity of the islands it seemed a bit too busy! As well as the normal servicing jobs (engine, generator, watermaker, sails etc) and quite a few small repairs, ALMA’s deck caulking is being replaced this winter so we hope next summer she will be looking much smarter and we won’t get black tar marks on our shorts! The sailing season is now over for us for this year and ALMA is stored ashore near Bodrum in SW Turkey. We had a great trip across the Aegean and look forward to exploring more of the Aegean islands in future years. Most of the islands were relatively undeveloped and unaffected by tourism (Mykonos was the terrible exception), we visited some wonderful places and the people we met were friendly and helpful. It all seemed a million miles away from riots in Athens and the country’s financial troubles. Now we’re back home we’ll think about our sailing plans for next season and hope to see many of you on board. Thanks to everyone who joined us this summer – we love to have your company and its great to have help in sailing the boat. Be in contact again over the winter and hope to see many of you soon. All the best Iain and Helen