Popular with charter boats, but still plenty of room for us.
An early morning walk round the peninsular
Somebody's dinner, drying in the sun
Breakfast - at the best bakery we have ever come across!
We went back to Poros as a convenient stop over, and on the way there Bear Grylls caught a tuna, which he cooked for supper
Jamie cooking his catch on the Cobb BBQ, and we take advantage of the inevitable sunset opportunity
Poros town
Sunset in Poros
From Epidavros we took a taxi to the Amphitheatre. The Delphi Amphitheatre seats 5,000 and this one has a capacity of 14,000. It is huge.
Epidavros - the acoustics were phenomenal.
We met up with fellow Eastbourne sailors Peter and Frances on their yacht Piccolo. You can follow their travels on their blog, piccolosailing.blogspot.com - when we arrived, they were off sightseeing. A charter yacht tried to go into the space between our yachts it got Peter's anchor warp round it's propellor. Ian dived in to the rescue.
Early morning Epidavros
Not content with the anchor warp round his prop, the Charter boat laid his own anchor on top of Peters - resulting in a Yacht Tango when Peter tried to leave. Eventually it was all sorted out, and we both set off for the Sunken City in the next bay.
Searching for the ruins
We had been expecting something rather older! Not really sure what it was all about ...
Clare and Jamie's visit was drawing to a close, so we went back to Aigina Island which has excellent ferry links to Pireus. That evening we were anchored outside the harbour and a little rib appeared out of the gloom - it was Pierre, our sailing neighbour from Licata. The next day we joined Pierre and all hired mopeds for a round island trip and a visit to the ancient temple of Aphaea
The Temple of Aphaea
The Temple and Ancient Rubble
Ian and Pierre check out the history of the site. As usual, the entry fee was very low at €4, but there is no information available at the site.
Sadly that was the end of Clare and Jamie's visit - they were Taking the Dolphin Flyer back to reality.
The water delivery ship - a daily service to the Island. When it arrives the ship is level, as the water is pumped out the red hull becomes visible.
Jamie watches as the Dolphin appears.
And off they go. It was lovely having them to stay, we'll miss you - but luckily we have more visitors coming soon ...
After Clare and Jamie left we went back to Pierre's boat for a final Ouzo with him before he heads off to the Corinth Canal. Dusk was falling as we arrived on his boat, but the evening was still and calm. Out of nowhere the wind blew up and very quickly a swell developed - in the interests of safety we bade him farewell and tried to head back to Nautilus. The first challenge was getting into the dinghy - so far so good, but then Ian saw Pierre's tender rapidly disappearing into the darkness. We gave chase, caught it and managed to drag it back to Pierre. By now it was blowing a good 25kts and sea state was rough - it was not at all easy getting from the PortaBote back onto Nautilus. The wind reached a F7, we had a very uncomfortable night - things calmed down at about 0400 and we finally managed to get to sleep. We have now found a place on the Town Quay!
Where we have been
So - a chance to get the laundry done, do some shopping and use the Internet - and drink espresso freddo. Greece is great.
Next stop - Porto Rafti on the mainland, and our next visitors Mike, Taryn and Gwen in just over a week.
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