Aigina was again noisy, chaotic and stiflingly hot but curiously the more we come here the more we like it. The port is mayhem with ferries, hydrofoils and numerous yachts coming and going (the hydrofoils coming in at high speed causing a big wash in the harbour and sending all the moored boats rocking and rolling!), and the road along the quayside is like the M25 except the traffic (high percentage of noisy scooters) doesn't come to a halt. But away from the front there are some lovely local shops, a great fishmarket (choose some fish from a stall and they deliver to the restaurant you're eating at) and some attractive buildings (perhaps reflecting the glorious days when the Greek flag of independence was first raised here after the war of independence). My economic barometer (price of a haircut E10 here) suggests Aigina economy closer to Malta(E4) than UK (£17) or france (E22).

Pomegranites at Vathi

From Vathi Harbour

The Fisherman at Vathi

The Marina at Vathi

The Fruit and Veg "Shop" Aegina

Now in Vathi - a delightful small harbour - so small that in dropping our anchor before reversing back to the quay we had to drop it less than 10m from the opposite quay! Even in such a tiny fishing village there is good wifi and of course the Euro football is on tv! Not many places now are out of contact - whether that's good or bad. Tomorrow we go back to Aegina (pronounced Egg in a)'as Simon and Lynn will join us there. Then after a quick visit to the temple of Aephea (apparently the model for the parthenon) and possibly Epidauros again, we plan to head west through the Corinth canal and visit Delphi which we hope will be the historical highlight of our tour this summer. Let you know in next blog.