March was a busy month as far as festivities were concerned with celebrations for both the union of the Dodecanese to Greece and Independence Day. Both events had street parades with participants from the public and the different military forces.
As far as Caryn is concerned she is back in Kos and recovering slowly from the second operation. The next stage is to organise the preventive treatment. It has been confirmed that the treatment can be done in Kos and that proved a marathon getting through Greek red tape and entailed visiting several administrative offices but we got there in the end. Medicines ordered so now just have to wait for them to arrive.
Svein has installed the night light system in the boat and, at long last, the gas alarm. He has also begun work on touching up the Coelan on deck. He also renewed the shore power installation on the boat and installed an additional 220V socket outside. He has also varnished the navigation area and repaired the bathing ladder and its deck sockets. He has had a busy month as he also managed to work on the cupboards in the galley after they had been thoroughly cleaned and sorted and treated against ants.
The weather has been cold and windy with winds from all directions but sometimes strong enough to cancel the ferries from Athens. It has improved towards the end of the month which has meant we can have lunch outside. No excuse now not to start cleaning the salon cushions. Slow process but what an improvement!
Svein managed to dive to recuperate the utensils fallen in the water at Xmas. Managed to retrieve the serving dishes of which one had to be thrown away and a spoon as well as a pair of glasses.
We also attended the concert by the community orchestra to celebrate Independence Day but came home early as someone managed to damage the sound mixing console.
Laerke was leaving for the sailing season so they came to dinner on board and Caryn prepared a dinner of prawn braid and then fresh strawberries.
Still no word about the treatment but hopefully it can start next month.