ocean-pilgrim

Category: Greece

  • From Kerkira (Corfu) to Kos

    From Kerkira (Corfu) to Kos

    As I sit on the rocky barren edge of Kos one of the most easterly islands in Greece, looking out across to Türkiye writing this it’s actually hard to cast my mind back to Corfu at the far west edge of Greece.  It feels like another place in another time mainly because of the territory…

  • Postcards from the Northern Ionian

    Postcards from the Northern Ionian

    We left the Gulf of Patras for the tiny island of Kastos, a long string bean of an island tucked in alongside the larger island of Kalamos. Happy days as we were off to the main town, to a stunning aquarium of an anchorage and a trip in to the bar at the Windmill that…

  • Beyond the daily grind…..What do we do all day?

    Beyond the daily grind…..What do we do all day?

    Days begin as they always do for us whether on land or the boat.  One or the other of us, often me, will say Coffee?  It’s a one word question and usually but not always I will clamber over my husband to drop down off our super high bed and head to the galley to…