We are settling into the marina and finding our feet with regard to local shops and other facilities available. We have found a good butcher (and even one who speaks Swedish), super greengroceries and some good supermarkets.

One of the first tasks was to take the bicycles into to be serviced as they will be a vital element required to get around town (on the cycle tracks) and to explore. We have also found some restaurants where the food is good and the prices right.

The activities in the harbour have also started with a music night, boules, a walking group, BBQ when the weather is right and on Fridays a get together in the club room for a drink.

Svein woke Caryn  up today with a bouquet of flowers and finally saw the present that she had  treated herself to when we were in Rhodes but the best present was the confirmation that at last Svein’s pension had come through. We went out for a meal with some of the others to celebrate in good style. There was also a BBQ which enabled up to meet some of the other liveaboards who we did not know.

Caryn was making a quick trip to the UK so we hired a car to take her to the airport and  also used it to do a trip to the big supermarkets on the outskirts of town to stock up. The outward journey went well with no delays and even an early arrival at Heathrow.

Caryn was lucky with the weather during her stay and enjoyed some good meals out in particular an Indian meal that was another birthday celebration.  She also took advantage of the visit to get her eyes tested and will be replacing her glasses in Kos.

The journey back was more tedious with a 12 hour wait in Athens for the corresponding flight to Kos. However came back to sunshine and a good night’s sleep back on board.

After a 3 week wait we have now moved to our winter berth on pontoon D. The weather is still being clement although we have had some strong winds and some rain.

We have also started our Latin dancing classes although there is some catching up to do as the courses started in October but we are taking it slowly. We go to 2 lessons a week with one dedicated to the technical side of the dances and the other where we pout what we have learnt into practice.

We visited Psalidi (wetlands) that was organised by the harbour. We cycled down and then walked through the grounds. Refreshments were laid on at the end of the tour. We cycled back to the harbour tired but having spent an enjoyable morning.

Svein has been taking advantage of the good weather and has been touching up the deck where the coelan treatment has been damaged through the sailing season.

Caryn has ordered and collected her new glasses. The prices are really unbeatable here.

There has been some more BBQs and coming up to the middle of December the weather is still sunny and warm enough to be in tee shirts.

The dancing school is having a Christmas party in a local nightclub that we have been invited to. We went along with Angie and Keith and had a good evening and even managed to try out some of the steps we have learnt.

We have also celebrated St Lucy day with a musical evening and some snacks.

Caryn and Angie cycled out to find the beauty parlour on the outskirts of town. A long ride on the bike along quite a busy road but the facilities we found were excellent.  We shall go into town tomorrow to try find another one to have a comparison.

We are also busy preparing for the meal on 24th December which will be based on Scandinavian dishes and we will be following that up with a meal laid on by the harbour on 25th.