Blog #6 Greece
23rd
September ® 30th September 2014
Yasas ( howzit in Greek! )
We arrived in Preveza, on the
mainland of Greece on 22nd September. Here we went stern to on the
main town dock and went shopping at once! There was some beautiful clothing and
we bought up a storm! It helped that there were lots of bargains as the summer
sales were on. I can’t believe how nice and friendly the Greeks are. So often
when we go shopping for anything they will give us something for free.
My dad and I took the main sail and
jib off and we spent the next few days working hard tidying and preparing the boat
to take it out of the water for the winter.
On the 27th we motored
across to the Marina where the boat was to be hauled out of the water. I was
fascinated watching the procedure as a trailer pulled it slowly out of the
water. We were given a ‘parking place’ where we would live on the boat for the
next two days. It felt really weird that the boat never swayed or rocked and we
had to climb up a ladder to get to it. I met a little four year old girl from
England who just wanted to play with me whenever she could.
On the 29th the taxi
arrived at 7 am to take us on the five hour journey to Athens. When we drove
away from the boat I felt sad to leave her as this had been our happy ‘home’
for three months. En route we passed over the Patras bridge and the bridge over
the Corinth Canal. It was crazy to think we had sailed under both brides early
in August. Weird seeing the view now from the top down.
Today is the 30th and this
evening we fly back home. In the last 24 hours we have walked Athens till my
feet ached and seen all the major tourist sites. I really liked the Acropolis,
the Panathenaic stadium where they held the first modern Olympic games in 1896,
Temple of
Olympian Zeus and the Agora. We also
strolled around the old Plaka area of Athens which was pretty.
I have had the most amazing adventure
in Greece and Turkey and I have loved every single moment (not the school
work)! I would definitely like to come back to these amazing places again. I have learnt so much about the countries in
many ways and of course boats and the life skills that come along with all of
that.
Thank you all for reading my blog, I
hope you enjoyed it and I am looking forward to seeing everyone soon.
Lots of love
Tristy XXX
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