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Greece
Updated July 17, 2005
Following with our theme of keeping boatyards of the world employed we hauled in Yacht Marine in Marmaris, painted the bottom and renewed the zincs. If you notice the wooden supports and know something of Turkey's earthquake history, you will understand how happy we were to get back into the water.
spruced up for the Med summer season we entered Greece at Symi, famous for it's sponge fishery Santorini or Thira, land of the expensive cappuccino Mykonos tourists getting personal with the wildlife definitive proof that Greek fishermen actually wear those hats these can sneak up very quickly when you are on watch... upscale taverna on Kithnos Emma conning the way through the Corinth Canal the Oracle at Delfi forecast rain and our hatches were left open... evening in Galaxidhi medieval harbour at Navpatkos new bridge crossing the Rhion Strait leaving the Levkas canal enroute to Paxos Port Gaios on Paxos testing a model sailboat dining al frescoWhen we got to Corfu we rented a car and wandered down backroads looking for island locations mentioned by Gerald Durrell in My Family and Other Animals
downtown Corfu White House in Kalimi Bay where Lawrence Durrell wrote |