Come to Greece they said. It’ll be fun they said. Not sure poor Kris knew that her trip out to see us included deck scrubbing and being assigned to the 2am-4pm night watch on our passage to Montenegro. But we have a shiny boat and two hours more sleep than we usually …
We took the ferry from Corfu over to Albania and spent the day wandering around Butrint. This archeological site just outside Sarandë has a fascinating history. But the most peculiar thing we remember is learning the the curious name used to call natives or inhabitants from Corfu–“Corfiot.” The Corfiots were traders here in Butrint in …
What other Greek adventures can we take our new crew member Kris to enjoy besides seeing the American Movie Top Gun?? How about to an Asian restaurant in Corfu? And while she’s eating, we’ll break the news that tomorrow, instead of seeing Greece, we plan to take her on a day trip over to …
What’s the most Greek thing you can take your new crew to experience? Visit the fortress? Wander the nearby ruins? Well, it’s probably not going to the movie theater to see “Tom Κρουζ” in his new movie. But it was very Greek to have a delightful intermission right smack in the middle of the …
We’re so stoked to have Kris finally here. It took her four flights to reach us in Corfu but she made it! That’s the exciting part. The real travel story is that her bags didn’t. But if there’s ever a place to be without your suitcase of clothes, it’s warm sunny Corfu. So we think …
Today we head to the airport, a quick five minute cab ride, to pick up our friend Kris. We did a little more exploring while we waited since the town seemed fairly empty today. The streets were quiet, the air pungent with spring blooms, and the sound of birds echoed through the streets. It …
We made it north to Corfu where we are meeting an old high school friend Kris who is flying in to crew. She’s also our first official pack mule, bringing TWO extra bags full of stuff we need from the states. We arrived in the afternoon and took the dingy to shore to do …
Our resident Bosun, youngest daughter, and sometimes doodle-r Chloe, who often calls herself “Debbie Deckhand” made this sketch of Bedouin the other day. Our Debbie Deckhand Doodles Delightfully don’t you think?
We made it up to Paxos and found a nice anchorage with a good hold. Good enough to wander to shore. The first thing we spotted was a bunch of scooters and a phone number to call to rent them. This sort of thing is Kryptonite to a Skillman. We called the number and soon …
Both of our aft cabins have a little escape hatches which, if you’re not in peril, make lovely windows that look down into the water. Some days you see fish swimming by and other days you see peeping Mark and Chloe.
