Poros

We wake to another beautiful day and first up its a swim out from the Rock Bar.  They own a cafe as well so we head there for breakfast and dry off in the sun.

 We watch a small van load up the sewer pipes as the EU has given the Greek govt. €5 million to upgrade the pipes.  There are signs everywhere stating how much money the EU has given the Govt for project work, but never looks like anything has been done.  I wonder where all the money has gone???.

We then pack our bag and head for the beach.  It's costs £5 euros to hire our sun beds for the day and the water is sensational, the best we have had for swimming so far.  It's a perfect relaxing day.  

We have lunch at  Panetelis Taverna just on the water front and then head back to the yacht for a snooze.  The wharf is pretty full already and our neighbours are from Fremantle John and Heather.  We also bump into British / Irish another couple from yesterday who went out sailing for the day and came back to Poros for the evening.

We enjoy our Ouzo up on a Taverna balcony and relax as  the winds cool us down while watching the yachts and people go by.  We take a stroll around the harbour and visit one of the local bars before heading home for bed. 

It's a rocky night with a swell and winds so not much sleep has been had.  I'm up at 6am for a walk around the harbour and up heartbreak hill into the village.  Once back on then yacht we get ready to depart of Ay Eufimia.  It's only two hours north up the coast of Cefalonica and we are heading into 4s, 5s and 6s just for something new.

It's a pretty village as we arrive to find there is a festival on tonight.  It's Ay Eufimia's name day so tonight there will be a procession through the streets, local dancing, music and fireworks till 3am.  We are really looking forward to seeing this.

We also want to visit the inland Lake  Melissani near Sami so Greg does a deal with the taxi driver to take us there and wait.  It was naturally formed during the 1953 earthquake.  

Ay Eufimia is a windy place as we soon find out not unlike Kalamos.  The harbour master is busy placing charter yachts into position and finally the last yacht arrives right beside us.  Unfortunately they were told where to drop their anchor and I'm pretty sure it's over ours.  Oh well something to worry about tomorrow morning.

One of the lead charter yachts was arriving bow to way too fast with the girl hanging her legs off the bow.  The helmsman gear box goes and he looses  reverse altogether and crunches the wharf and looses the anchor and the girl nearly looses her legs, luckily she was fast moving.  She is putting on a brave face but I'm sure she is in shock.

We have dinner at one of the grill houses right near where the festivities will be happening.  The brass band marches on by with the children all dressed in traditional clothes.  Some of them are really not interested at all which you can imagine, especially the boys.  The children are followed by the orthodox priests  and practitioners. The music goes on all night and the fireworks go off around 11am.  We are so tired we head off to bed quite early and miss some of the festivities.