Loukas Hotel & Apartments Preveza

... the fuel blockage problems next year, one of the jobs that awaited me on our return to the boat was to clean out the diesel tank. Boy, what a job it has been. Firstly I had to cut away parts of the fridge just to get access to the tank; then after draining the diesel out I had to create a second inspection hatch before the cleaning could even start! You should have seen the sparks when I set the angle grinder to work to make the ...

... op de: de Golf van Amvrakia.




We zijn getriggerd door het verhaal in de pilot dat zich afspeelt na de moord op Julius Caesar, toen er een burgeroorlog uitbrak en Octavian dat van Anthony won, een strijd die bepalend was voor het wereld beeld van nu. Anthony had samen met Cleopatra in de baai van Amvrakia een vloot opgebouwd om Italie te veroveren. Octavian had dit ...

... let us take pictures because a) most museums don't let us and b) I really liked some of their exhibits. After the building complex and museum we took a little stroll and went to another theater. The sign said it was called the 'Roman Odeon'. I'm not sure what the difference is between a theater and an odeon but perhaps its only by name. We actually got to wander all over and within this structure which was amazing! There were rooms and tunnels and great ...

... by the waterfront. Good stuff! Our historical site for the day was the Nikopolis (NOT necropolis, as everyone kept calling it) Niko = victory. Octavian built it here after defeating Anthony and Cleopatra. Neeto! I just saw that movie! And apparently, the big sea battle was RIGHT by where our boat is parked. Also nearby is Cleopatra's palace where she hung out during said battles (we saw it from the boat when we were sailing in ...

... Levkas. After 30 miles of motoring, the wind finally kicked in and we were sailing the last 15 miles, mostly entering the gulf. At first, we tried to anchor in the lagoon at N.Vouvalo, but, weren't comfortable with under 2m of water, so we headed to the east side of the causeway off of Vonista. It was a very calm and beautiful anchorage, near town off a wooded ...

... jerkingly funny folk
songs, old classics interpreted in a jazz style ('how much, yeah how much, yeah baby how much, is that doggy in the window?') and many more. The event is held on a beachside patio with the dinghy and catamaran halyards rattling gently in the background - and they even managed to follow it up the next week with a set that included a two-sax strolling version of 'The Pink Panther' as well as many other splendid toons.

Back to the ...

... politely suggested that we might like to be booked on to a flight home; I think they're worried we might still be here at Christmas if they don't do something. So we're en route back to Gatwick on October 3rd, and even if the Fish House will be closing, all our friends leaving and Vassiliki winding down, we will still be kicking and screaming as we are dragged to the airport. We always promised ourselves six weeks in Vass - done it!see you all soon

... upwind.

As this is supposed to be a travel journal, it is just as well we had a day out in a hire car, seeing some of the rest of Lefkada for the first time in our 15 weeks spent in Vassiliki. (shocking!) The island is stunningly scenic and also still quite traditional, complete with donkeys, potholed roads, inaccurate maps and little ladies in black costumes with bustles. First stop was the West coast, to ...

... family in UK, especially Raymond for the excellent barbecue and ultra-convenient pre-flight accommodation, Andy and Fiona, and of course parents, sisters and in-laws. Meanwhile the results of
Team GB's sailors show we picked the sport that the British can do! We've also enjoyed reading the report of IBRSC's trysail race night; looks like it all went really well and enjoy the curry.gotta dash, time to settle down on the patio in the warm breeze and do my final pre-course reading...

... stuk land. Het geklingel van de schapenbellen is vaak het enige geluid dat je hier hoort, naast het gezoem van vele vliegen. De vliegen en wespen zijn hier talrijk en eten je brood van je bord. In augustus is dat nog veel erger en moet je alles constant afdekken. Je vindt hier de raarste insecten; aan de plafonds zitten hele harde wormen die, wanneer ze vallen net steentjes lijken. Henny neemt ons nog mee naar een heel rustig strandje. Het terrasje wat erbij ...