We are giving Aegina a miss now as we are no longer wintering in Greece. Our next port of call after the Canal passage will be Poros, then Kea and we make it to Mykonos by Friday so hopefully have a few nights out.
It's Greek Easter from the Sunday and most things will be closed Sunday through to Tuesday but hopefully not the tourist spots. I'm really looking forward to seeing all the celebrations.
It's about a five hour motor into the slight winds, which for most of the time make it a cold journey. Well I'm cold and Greg is out in all his glory scrubbing and polishing the decks.
Finally we see our first pod of dolphins, about six young ones and two adults. They head towards us and at the last moment the adults turn around and do a big jump out of the air over our bow and then they are gone. About 30 mins later we see another large pod of about 30 dolphins. Greg has his dolphin cam ready for action and takes some great video hopefully to be shared with you shortly.
We arrive at the town of Corinth about 2.30pm. It's fairly shallow water around the harbour so we take it slowly while we try to find a place to tie off. Finally we decide to anchor and reverse stern to, it's the easy way and we tie off. It's only the plank that's a problem, we are very high off the wharf and it's a long way down, think I'll only be walking the plank once tonight.
We decide to check out the town but its siesta time and most shops and cafes are already closed. By the harbour we find a cafe and have a cold drink and snack, plus it has great Wi-Fi. Time for our siesta and a while later Greg heads back into town to buy some bread but they are sold out. The city has now come alive and the whole water front is full of cars and people. The cafes and shops are open and busy. I reluctantly agree to check it out and brave the plank and survive!
The hottest time of day is between 5 - 7pm and today's it's 28 degrees. Once the sun goes down after eight there is still a chill in the air but summer is definitely on the way.
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