Our First Week in Kos

Settling in to Kos Marina has been rather a nice process. We now have free wireless internet on the boat – wow what luxury – great to be hooked up again. The facilities here are far above average. It is early days yet, but the large room with leather lounge suite and TV and computers will be well used we are sure. Pippy plays cards and dominoes with Werner and Hannah from Germany there until 2.00 am this morning!

Our address for the next four months will be:

SY Matelot
C/o Kos Ependitiki S.A.
Kos Marina
G. Papandreou 85300
Kos
GREECE

Web address for Marina: www.kosmarina.gr

Matelot is moored with her stern to the all day sun, sheltered in the cockpit from the cool north westerly breeze which comes from the other direction this week. As this blog is being written the wind changes to south easterly – not so good.

During the week she is transformed from a sailing ship to a comfortable caravan with the addition of (kindly loaned) borrowed electric column heater, hotplate and kettle plus one borrowed and one hired bicycle parked out front. (Electricity is included in our marina fee.) We wash and remove the sails and pack them inside for the winter and start the task of cutting and polishing the topsides, working from the inflatable dinghy.

Kos and its surrounds are pretty flat, so the bikes are a great addition to our lives. There is a properly developed bicycle track from here into town along the waterfront and we learn the technique of taking just enough of the narrow road lined with parked cars so the passing traffic cannot scrape past, pulling in to let cars past when there is space.

Planned excursions are on the agenda with our first goal to find the hot springs which are around 8 kilometres away to the SE along the coast. The island is dotted with a wealth of interesting archaeological sites which we intend to explore as well. It appears to be around 40 km from here to the southern most parts.