Saturday was the day desalinator was to be repaired, as the part that had been ordered from Italy, had finally arrived. Aris a highly recommended refrigeration mechanic and his friend Elis arrived to do the work of replacing the part and getting our water maker back in working order. The …

\ After a day aboard attending to cleaning and accounting duties, at dusk a long walk around the marina was on the agenda. I needed to stretch my legs and as there was a lot of interesting scenery here, I decided to take my trusted camera with me (as usual)! …

  Athens is such an amazing city that you never tire of returning here and visiting all the ancient sites. This is my third visit to the famous Acropolis and surrounding area and it still fascinates me as much as it did the first time. There is much restoration work …

The Small Port of Mikrolimano in Piraeus with Athens Marina in the Background There are Many Fishermen in Every Port Stunning Backstreets in Mikrolimano A Renovater’s Dream Great place to go for Lunch We Chose the Quirkiest Taverna with Sun A Novel Way of Serving Chicken Souvlaki Mikrolimano is a …

This morning we made our way to Athens where we had booked a berth in the Athens Marina. This would be a safe and secure mooring for the boat for the coming week while Ric flies to Shanghai and for us to have some final issues completed on the Tangaroa. …

Today was a day for relaxing and not moving on to another port again! The weather was warm and sunny and we made the most of the peace and quiet in this lovely bay by Marathanos. We lowered the dinghy and went ashore mid afternoon for a late lunch in …

Reluctantly we departed this morning as it would have been fabulous to visit Delphi once again. Back in 2003 we spent a few hours amoungst the ancient ruins. We ran out of film at the site to my dismay, however to Ric’s relief, as he was concerned about getting into …

The departure form Trizonia was once again in cloudy and cool conitions. We passed a number of seabass and seabream fishfarms after a couple of miles travelling east and we recognised one we had visited nearly 10 years ago. As we were keen to visit Delphi once again (the amazing …

We had a 6.30am start as we had a long passage to travel today. The plan was to head towards the Gulf of Corinth so that we were nearer Athens for Ric’s flight to Shanghai on the 22nd May. As we rounded the south east cape of Kefallonia the breeze …