Photos:
Corfu from Matelot
Richard enjoying his pork chop
Pippy in Corfu
This is not a very exciting blog.
In line with what is happening in the financial world we have taken a decision this weekend to stay put in Europe over the winter and not make the planned trip to New Zealand. We are both disappointed, as we won't be catching up with friends and family who we do miss so very much and were looking forward to seeing. It is a purely financial decision. It is expensive to fly to Paris from Greece to hook up with our return ticket. In addition it is doubly expensive to buy a one way ticket back to Greece. It is hitting home now that we are both "retired" and of limited income!
We are still in Lefkas, having undertaken an electrical upgrade and hope to be leaving here tomorrow and travelling south through the Ionian Islands. Jacki Onassis' island is not far from here and we will keep it to port or starboard whichever suits!
The weather is gorgeous. Lovely clear sunny days and cool nights. Winter is definitely on its way but not here yet. We will stay out cruising for as long as we can. Our projected destination for wintering over is Kos Island but we are pretty relaxed and will get there when we can and maybe hang out on the town wall until we really have to go into the marina!
We have been moored alongside a yacht called Barnacle Bill today. A bright red 3 skin kauri New Zealand ex Admirals Cup boat built in 1973. It represented NZ in this race and was later shipped to the UK. We enjoyed meeting the people sailing her and hope to catch up with them further south tomorrow. She still looks great.
Rupert we had an email from our old friend Hasan today. Alanya Marina has its official opening in May 2009 and wants as many of us as possible to be there. Are you a starter?
Captain's Comment
As you can see I only drive Matelot - the decision where we go is entirely down to the first mate and she changes her mind like the wind! Half an hour ago I thought we had decided that we would stay put here in the Lefkas/Preveza area for the winter! It will be quite exciting to see where we actually end up?
The Captain
2 comments:
We are disappointed we will not see you down-under this summer. But the financial crisis world-wide does focus the mind of the retireds and semi-retireds. Hope you can find a nice warm spot for the winter. Cheers, Pam and John
Ricardo, I don't believe you for one moment!
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