After over two months, of swimming, exploring, sailing, hiking, swimming, anchoring, (and often re-anchoring!) oh, and swimming and hopping to over 30 islands and wandering Athens, it’s time to move on :(
We have absolutely loved our time here in Greece, and I think almost everyone (excluding Miles) wants to come back on their own terms. With 8 people in the family, there is always something someone didn’t get to do, spend enough time seeing, an island we didn’t make it to, whatever.
What we’ve told Maggie and Levi is that this whole trip in a way is a taste for them to see what’s out there, there is no way possible we could see it all, do it all, and in our budget travels, that’s really just the way it is. Cruising is an awesome way to see the world, but it’s constantly a give-and-take on what is practical and what we just can’t fit in or see. We’d love to see it all, but we wouldn’t get too far!
So, today we ‘check-out’ of Greece, surrender our cruising papers, and wait for a weather window and start making our way to Italy….
We’ve heard that during this time of year, there’s really no point in trying to sail there, the wind is almost constantly on the nose heading NNW, so the best you can do is pick the best time to motor there. The winds usually die down at night, so we’re thinking of leaving in the evening on Sunday or Monday, and pull an all-nighter to hit the SW coast of Italy 12 hours later, Monday morning. That’s the plan for now anyway, but sailing is all about being flexible so you’ll hear from us in Italian waters……we can’t wait! Rachel’s got the spaghetti ingredients on the counter-top, eager to celebrate!
~Hems
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