What a lazy morning. I slept until 09:30 and finally got out of bed as the kids and Marina were swimming. We needed food and water so we pumped up the dinghy, added some gas to the motor and Marina and I headed into town. We went for a walk on the quay and spied a golden lab puppy on a 30 foot powerboat. We then selected a restaurant for breakfast and the all important morning constitutional. Breakfast was a tad pricy at 25€ but we got coffee, steamed milk OJ, toast, eggs and bacon -- which in Greece is kind of a blend of back bacon, regular bacon and prosciutto ... that would run you $18 at the Tomahawk in North Van, so maybe it's not too bad. We then hoofed it to the grocery store where we loaded up on drinks and fruit & veg, dropped by the bakery on the way home and then back to the dinghy.
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| Titanic...Tara...it's all the same. |
We pulled up anchor and headed north to Mandreki harbour on Corfu. We started off sailing but the wind pooped out so we pulled the kids behind the boat on the SUP and then we let out a long line and jumped off the side -- even Matt did it (he always feels like bait hanging off the line like that).
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| SUP surfing! |
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| Man down! |
We offered Hugh the chance to ride on the SUP behind the boat by himself but he’s a wily bugger and saw that we might just keep on going if he fell off :-).
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| Jumping! |
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| "Fishing" |
We pulled into Mandraki right at 17:00 — and since it was 5 o'clock here, I had a beer. The kids went swimming and then lounge-lizarding on the forward cushions while I caught up on email obligations. We showered and dressed for dinner, being our last night out. We pumped up poor Bonnie again (we really should get to fixing the leaks) and then piled in and tied up at NAOK which is a yacht club for dinghy racing in Corfu — full of activity as the Optis and Lasers were being put away when we arrived. There’s a nice cocktail bar / disco above the Yacht Club so we went there for a drink … I still have an issue with $15 drinks but … hey, we’re in Greece.
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| Cocktails with a view of Tara in the background. |
Then we wandered around the beautiful old-town of Corfu, looking at this and that. Marina “forgot” her wedding rings so she’s talking about getting a Greece wedding ring. I guess after 25 years she probably deserves it.
We meandered through the streets into a square where we sat down at the Olive Tree restaurant for dinner. We shared a number of dishes and appetizers and managed to knock back a fair amount of local wine.
We then did some more shopping and people watching, then to the Corfu Palace Hotel & Casino to ask for a taxi to the airport for Hugh at 05:30. We made the longish trek back to Tara all in one piece and offloaded onto the boat. In spite of being Hugh’s last night on board Tara we were all in a good mood and bade each other Kalinita, knowing that in 5 hours or so we’d (Jess and Hugh) need to get up to go to the airport.
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