#Eufimia

[dianapopescu]

16 septembrie: Sfânta Mare Muceniță Eufimia

Sfânta Mare Muceniță Eufimia, celebrată pe 16 septembrie, s-a născut la Calcedon, în vremea imparatulu Dioclețian, avându-i ca părinți creștini pe senatorul Filofron și soția sa, Teodosia. A suferit pentru Hristos în anul 304, în orașul Calcedon, situat pe partea opusă a Bosforului din Constantinopol. https://www.diane.ro/2024/09/16-septembrie-sfanta-mucenita-eufimia.html

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The Ultimate Character Design Tournament

Please remember to vote for characters solely based on their design, rather than which character you are more familiar with or like more!

Characters and propaganda under the cut!

Inosuke Hashibira | Demon Slayer

While I don’t vibe with all Demon Slayer designs, I think the design of Inosuke and specifically his /mask/ is absolutely peak. The way it’s beady, jutting eyes are places and the way it makes you doubt for a second if that’s actually his real head- it lends itself to looking either goofy or downright manic and menacing depending on what the scene calls for. It’s so cool! MAN I love Inosuke

Death | A Matter of Life and Death

Rosalina | Super Mario Galaxy

Space motif. Color palette pretty. Emo bangs. Heck yeah.

Kamado Tanjiro | Demon Slayer

His basic demon slayer core design is so incredibly iconic. Each character in the main cast of Demon slayer has specific associations with colors, and green just really fits this character. The design takes who he was before joining the core (the green representing his relatively slow farm life) and who he's become after (The black being the same color as his blade). Another plus is a lot of the red relates back to his family and the reason he's fighting at all.

Alma | Gokurakugai

Eufimia Montefiori | OC

Eufimia is my own OC, and the design was made by my partner (adapted from an old design) !! It has a lot of story significance which I will shorten as much as possible Eufimia comes from a very poor home and works as a ghost hunter along with her sister, who is an exorcist. Eufimia was the one to start the business, and she runs it with the intention of getting lots of money from rich people so she can move herself and her sister out. ANYWAYS!! Her design is intended to display exactly how deceitful she is, if you know her lore. She dresses up in extremely fancy clothes and adorns herself with anything that looks expensive to come across as if she's trustworthy to the upper class. In reality, she's very shady but for a good reason (in her opinion). To emphasise the aspects of herself she hides, she hides her right eye due to an injury she sustained heavily damaging it. She's hidden this fact from everyone including her sister, due to the injury coming from someone who was willing to expose her shady business. Anyway erm. pretty vampirecore gf design

Snowball | Neko Atsume

Luz Noceda | The Owl House

Duo | Duolingo

This one speaks for itself.

Wen Kexing | Faraway Wanderers/World of Honor

look he has some fantastic outfits with such a wide variety and yet they all so perfectly encompass his character? like he's got outfits for pretending to be a spoiled young master and he's got outfits for being an unhinged mass murderer and they all suit him so well. like he just has so many different outfits for so many different occasions and they're all such good outfits. he's got outfits for his housewife era and outfits for skinning someone alive and they're all good and fit his character well

[giuliacolla]

A Family Flotilla in Greece

Here is the report of our 15-day flotilla in the Ionian Island.

The Family Flotilla is organised by Maurizio Anzillotti from Solovela.net with a special goal: to enjoy ourselves and at the same time to involve children aged 8/15 in a two-week sailing holiday.

We meet our flotilla in the port of Lefkas on July 27th, where we get our chartered boat, a Bavaria 30 Cruiser named Mojito at the Aquarius Yachts.

Three other boats check in at the same time, two in the Lefkas Marina, the third one in Preveza.

Later on at the restaurant we introduce ourselves:

Giampiero and I, no children along, from Cherasco, Cuneo on a Bavaria 30, the Mojito.

Maurizio and Nadia with Cloe and Chiara, later on also her fiancé Flavio, from Rome on a Bavaria 45, the Sophia.

Matteo and Francesca with Arianna and Gabriele from Rho, Milan on a Bavaria 40, the Philomela.

Marcello and Tiziana with Cristian and Bruno from Benevento, Naples on a Bavaria 37, the Sirius.

A 5th boat is due to join us on the 5th day of the cruise, an Amel 53, the Dory, with 5 people aboard: their owners Andrea and Liala with Giulia and their friends Massimo and Giovanna.  

The Family Flotilla is therefore composed by 20 people,14 adults and 6 children on 5 sailboats.

After a good meal (a delicious octopus and pasta al dente), we agree to meet the following morning at 10:30 in the channel, out of the port of Lefkas. Our first destination is  Meganisi, a small island 15 miles away.

First day, first problem: as we leave the port, our Mojito's propeller catches an underwater line and the engine dies; we must then call a diver who eventually frees our boat and we can reach the flotilla waiting for us.

The cruise ends happily in a northern bay of Meganisi, where we all moor and then have a round of drinks on the Sophia.

The second day we leave early in the morning in order to stop for a swim before heading to the bay of St. Nikolaou, Itaca. For the second day all navigation is done by motor, as in the morning there is no wind and in the afternoon it blows right from the bow.

On July 30th a storm is announced for the evening and the following day, so we look for a safe harbor. As the main port of Sami, Kefalonia, is full, we have to moor in Ay Eufimia.

Under the guide of our head skipper Maurizio, after throwing the anchor, we tie the boats with lines on the ground and also among them.

Once we feel safe we reserve a table at the restaurant just above us, where we can keep an eye on the boats and at the same time eat and relax.

That evening we all realize that as long as Maurizio is with us we can sleep on two pillows: he has such a long experience with boats and sailing that no problem is unsolvable for him.

The following morning, again with no wind blowing, we reach Sami where we refill the water and the fuel (no electricity is available). After a good swim in a rather rough sea, a lot of fun for the children, the Flotilla separates: the majority go to the restaurant, the minority, us, dine on the boat, and later on we admire the starry, end of July night.

The 1st of August at midday we head north towards Fiskardho, being finally able to hoist the sails for a couple of hours. The mooring in the bay is not easy but eventually we find a good place, next to a path that leads to the harbor.

After dinner we walk downtown, where we see the spot where the movie “Captain Corelli's mandolin” was filmed (starring Penelope Cruz and Nicholas Cage); we then stop at a bar with a remarkable restroom with an aquarium in it and we have Uzo (the national Greek drink).

Being Fiskardho very nice, the Flotilla decides to stay there another day, just moving to the other side of the bay. In the afternoon we go and visit the Venetian lighthouse and the remains of a Roman basilica.

August 2nd is quite unfortunate. Our plan is to sail to Assos, a lovely village in the west side of Kefalonia, where we wish to visit the fortress and the remains of the monastery.

Because of the poseidonia, though, only the Philomela succeeds in anchoring, while the other four boats have to head back to Fiskardho.

During the trip the engine of Sophia suddenly breaks and Maurizio and his crew must find a way to reach the port. They manage to sail for a while and later on Marcello pulls them with Sirius into Fiskardo where a mechanic will repair the damage.

The following day we celebrate at the Panorama Restaurant the rescued Sophia, our lost dinghy found and collected by Matteo, the reunion of the whole flotilla.

While dining Matteo and Francesca tell us how beautiful Assos was, the island we promise not to miss next time.

[stireazileiuk]

Calendar ortodox, 16 septembrie 2021. Pomenirea Sfintei Mucenițe Eufimia

[dethijssens]

van Vathi naar het Zuiden

Zaterdag 15 juni: naar het Zuiden van Ithaka

We staan vroeg op, geen zwemmen, het ziet er niet zo schoon uit. Wel weer profiteren van de buitendouche. Met al dit ankeren zijn we ons erg bewust van het water- en electragebruik. De zonnecellen helpen wel steeds als we het grootzeil uit de weg houden zodat de zon erbij kan. Deze keer kunnen we ook water tanken bij de pomp, 3 cent per liter, er gaat 85 liter bij. Water is op alle eilanden schaars en dus ook niet voorhanden in marina’s. We zagen bij een heel groot motorjacht een speciale tankauto voor water en benzine aan het werk...

Onze ankerplaats is een hele mooie kleine baai Agios Andreaou  waar plm 7 schepen op een rij in passen met het anker aan de voorkant en lange lijnen naar de rotsen. Wij passen ertussen dus bij aankomst zwemt een van ons met een lijn naar de kant om die aan een rots vast te knopen. Later nog een lijn.  Dat blijkt prima te gaan. En in deze temperaturen is dat ook helemaal geen straf. Het neerlaten van je anker is een spannender spel, je bent nl. bezorgd om je anker over die van een ander uit te gooien. Bij aankomst staan er mensen op de punt van hun boot om aan te wijzen waar hun anker ongeveer ligt...Men gebuikt erg lange lijnen en dus is dat risico niet ongegrond. Tot nu toe gaat het goed. Preventief hebben we nu een speciale haak gekocht om je anker weer vrij te krijgen mocht het toch nog gaan gebeuren... We hebben hier een heerlijke rustige, warme middag – veel in het water.

Op zondag 16 juni en maandag 17 juni: Eufimia.

Van Ithaka overgestoken naar Cephalonie. Een kleine tocht op de motor. Eufimia is een hele leuke plaats met lage huizen eromheen en een kademuur en strand. Erg vriendelijk en kleinschalig allemaal. Er blijkt een schitterende wasserette, Easywash, te zijn zichtbaar vanuit onze boot. Dus roeien we met een grote zak was naar de kant. Intussen tijd voor een te grote, overheerljke clubsandwich. Wij zien de Beachcomber de baai invaren, zij leggen aan aan de kade.

Dat levert weer gezelligheid op en ook gaan we op maandag met zijn vieren een auto tocht over het eiland maken. De eerste stop is Fiskardho, de meest noordelijke havenplaats. Mooie plaats, maar wel super toeristisch. De wegen zijn prima en het eiland is ook groener dan je vanaf het water zou denken. De watervoorziening moet toch een probleem zijn, hier en daar zagen wij grote reservoirs. Via kringelwegen ook het binnenland verkend en gestopt voor een lunchhapje. Later langs een werkelijk schitterend zandstrand, Ormos Myrtou tussen rotsen. Heerlijke afkoeling voor ons.

Via de haven van Sami weer terug. Erg leuk om wat van het land te zien.

Dinsdag 18 juni: ijsje eten op Zakinthos!!

Ons doel voor vandaag is een baai te vinden in het zuidwesten van Cephalonie. Het is prachtig weer en we hopen op wind. Maar nee, de baai uit en geen zuchtje wind. Eenmaal bij de zuidpunt aangekomen begint de wind toe te nemen, je kunt de klok erop zetten, en weer tot 25 knts, dus met rif erin. Om ons doel te bereiken moeten we een slag maken, in plaats daarvan besluiten we door te varen naar Zakinthos. Dat is wel heel mooi van Griekenland! De eerste baai waar wij op aansturen is vrij vol en ziet er niet gezellig uit. Dus besluiten we nog iets door de varen langs de kust en daar vinden wij een hele geschikte “inham” voor de nacht! Er ligt een boot voor anker. Om 19.00 uur liggen we vast. Vanaf 16.00 uur hebben we super mooi gezeild. Het laatste stuk zonder rif erin, daarna nam de wind natuurlijk weer toe, onder de kust met vlagen.  Heerlijke Griekse sla met een olijvenbroodje uit Eufimia erbij.

En dan toch nog even naar de kant voor een ijsje. Bij het zeilen is helaas in de gootsteen een snijplank tegen de kraan aangekomen, en oops al ons water is verdwenen. Op Zakinthos is water echt schaars – iedereen heeft een watertank. Wij hebben gelukkig flessen water bij ons en de zee. En toch is het een beetje gek als er geen druppel meer uit de kraan komt. Wij redden ons prima. En...weer wat geleerd.

Woensdag 19 juni

Naar Lixouri aan de westkust van Cephalonie. Bijzonder vriendelijke plaats die in de pilot bepaald niet wordt aangeprezen. Hier heeft in 2014 een aardbeving plaatsgevonden en alhoewel de haven en de kade hersteld lijken te zijn blijkt de boel verder bepaald niet op orde. Een dame in een restaurant vertelt bv. dat de school van haar dochter niet herbouwd is, het geld dat daarvoor beschikbaar was is in verkeerde handen terecht gekomen en dat zou met alle overheidsgebouwen zo zijn....Zij vertelde dat zij erg graag weg had gewild van dit eiland, maar haar man had een restaurant gekocht aan de haven en dus gaat dat niet meer gebeuren... Niet zo mooi om te horen. Wel waren wij te gast bij een repititie van een lokale harmonie met koor van de basisschool, hartverwarmend en erg herkenbaar. Lixouri heeft kennelijk een lange muziekgeschiedenis, dat is er gelukkig wel!  

Er liggen hier naast ons nog een paar schepen. Dat is het. En ik geloof dat wij Euro 6.50 moeten betalen als iemand dat komt innen. En dat gebeurt niet...   

[debbiehross]

From Navpaktos to Ithaca and Cephalonia.

July 15th …

Following on from my last blog…… which was quite some time ago.!!! …we had just welcomed our dear friends Gaybrielle and John on board along with our four gorgeous girls – Rebecca, Emily, Nikita and Lucy.

The new “crew” had joined us in Navpaktos, which is in the Gulf of Corinth, where a driver had delivered them from Athens. So after a fabulous evening of celebrations we headed out of the tiny port the following morning.  Navpaktos is such a beautiful little harbour, and was ideal for stocking up the boat and preparing for the next leg of our journey.  

Awanui parked inside the tiny port of Navpaktos.

Once under the Rion-Antirion Bridge, we were in the Ionian Sea and on our way to the island of Ithaca.  This impressive bridge is fairly new, and one that the Greeks are very proud of.  

The girls admiring the beauty of the Rion-Antirion Bridge.

One of our generators had been loosing power and we needed an electrical component.  We made our way the town of Vathy on the island of Ithaca, as we thought the part was being delivered to us there. 

Les girls on the bow with Vathy ahead of us.

We didn’t think the town of Vathy had that much appeal, but we walked around to explore it and later Gaybrielle and I took the E-bikes and went to the top of the hill behind the town to see a bit more of the area. 

The E-bikes have been fabulous to have on the boat as it means you can go that little bit further when exploring and of course with a lot less effort (and much more fun) which in the heat of the Greek Summer is very appealing.

Chris, Gaybrielle and John - on our way to a taverna for lunch.

Nikita, Emily, Bex and Lucy.

That afternoon we took the tender further up the inlet and found a delightful waterside taverna, with a thatched roof under the shade of some trees, and had a delicious lunch.

Chris and John securing the tender beside the Taverna.

Our happy group of travellers ready for lunch. 

Later - looking lovely with a their Asperols.

YiaMas ! Cheers !

It was a huge coincidence when we discovered that a past boyfriend of Rebecca’s, Devon, was crewing on a beautiful yacht that just happened to be anchored in the bay. He and the Captain stopped by Awanui in their tender for a chat briefly, as they were preparing to leave for Malta.  It was great to see Devon looking so well, and loving his job – who wouldn’t ?!

 Bye Devon - love your yacht!

John and Chris arriving back to the boat with the groceries.

Our next stop was Cephalonia, the largest island in the Ionian. It is also the island where Louis de Bernier’s novel ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’ was set, an old favourite book of mine about the Italian occupation of the island in the Second World War.  Pity the Hollywood film was such a disappointment, but the book is an absolute must read.

Heading in to Fiskardho.

Arriving at the north-eastern tip of the island we pulled into the picture-postcard enclosed harbour of Fiskardho. It is one of the few places on the island to have survived the massive earthquake of 1953 (when over 90% of the buildings on the island were destroyed), so the town around the port has retained its Italianate architecture.

Captain Kosta backed us in to a great anchorage to the side of the township, where the rocky coast curved around to an old lighthouse on the point.  We sat in pristine water, and at our stern was a path that lead along the waterfront straight into town.  It meant we could swim off the boat and come and go as we pleased, which suited everyone perfectly.  

Chris securing a stern line to the trees. 

Yay - swimming off the back of the boat - heaven!

After a cooling dip when we arrived, we walked in to check out the town.  The beautiful 19th century houses are plastered in soft pastel shades with their wrought iron balconies bursting with bougainvillea. The tavernas and shops, with their awnings and umbrellas lining the dockside – all made for a very picturesque scene.  We were really taken with the place, and later that evening we went back in to have another wander around before dinner.  

Me and my girl - heading into Fiskardho. 

Had to include this one -  the gals in white.

We ended up staying here another day and night, as the generator was being fixed, and it was a perfect anchorage.  We went for a long walk in the morning past the ruins of an ancient Norman church on the northern side of the bay.  Just on from here are several beautiful little holiday rentals right on the waters edge, which I thought could one day be of interest.  Later we paddled over to them for a view from the sea. A very lovely spot.  

The lemon coloured boutique hotel in the middle was my pick.

We couldn’t believe the colour of these bouganvilia  

Great selfie of us all -  back in town for the evening.

The Boat Broker, Nikos, who sold us Awanui, holidays in Fiskardho, so we made contact with him and met up later for a drink in town.  He and his wife Irene insisted that we come for breakfast the next morning to see their little house up on the hillside amongst the trees. 

Nikos picked us up the next morning and we drove around a couple of bays and then up into the hills behind the town – looking down through the Cyprus trees and olives to the sea below.  It was a delightful morning, as we were proudly shown around their charming home, that was once his mothers’.

 The entrance to Nikos and Irene’s house - through the courtyard.

He and Irene had lovingly restored the house and spend all their summers here. We were even shown how the stone terrace acts as a water catchment area, as well as the roof, with huge concrete holding tanks under the terrace. Water on the island being extremely precious, it was a source of pride and esteem to have a lot of water storage capacity.

That afternoon we left Fiskardho and headed south down the eastern side of Cephalonia where the hills are covered with Cypress and Pines right down to the rocky shoreline.  The water in the many bays along this coast is deep and gin clear, and we ended up spendng the day in the bay of Ag Sofia, before heading into the port of Eufimia for the night.

Rebecca trying out the new face mask - they are amazing!

We pulled in to the dock at Eufimia about 5 pm, as the heat was reaching its crescendo, and noticed the bar opposite had an inviting sign announcing happy hour cocktails – great idea!

The town of Eufimia. 

What followed was an hour sitting under the shade of an umbrella, sipping mojitos and being totally entertained by the drama unfolding in front of us, where many boats were coming in to tie up just as a stiff sea breeze blew in.  One in particular was an older Frenchman who was totally out of control.  He must have tried a dozen times to drop his forward anchor and back his launch in to the dock at great speed.  He seemed unable to steer his vessel, swerving one way and then, over compensating, and swerving the other. Careering into boats either side, causing a flurry of activity aboard as Boaties rushed to fend off, while yelling their advice. His forward anchor never held, so up it would come before starting again.  In the end the Port Police arrived and insisted that he abort his efforts, then directed him to an entirely different part of the port usually reserved for the fishing boats, and an easier approach. We raised a toast to Captain Kostas who is an expert in docking, and takes all that stress away from us.

One of the other memorable moments in Eufimia, was later that night after our meal as we walked back to the boat we joined a small crowd and watched a very talented young tight-rope-walker/come juggler, who was accompanied by a 5 piece band. So Eufimia will be remembered mainly for the entertainment it provided.

Walking up above the town in the heat at 8 am.  

After a good walk in the morning, we were off again across to the southern end of Ithaca, which sits snuggly along the eastern side of Cephalonia.  We tucked ourselves into the sheltered little bay of Plakis, that we later re-named “Goat Bay’.  There were so many goats wandering around the hillside and lying in the shade of small caves and under ledges along the shore, later coming down in the cool of the evening to lick the salt from the rocks.

“Goat Bay” 

It was a magical, secluded little bay that we thought we all had to ourselves until a huge Gullet muscled its way in front to us!  We were both there for the night.  This was one of the few nights that we free anchored, and cooked up a delicious dinner on board. Divine.

All the girls on the bow in “Goat Bay” 

Just hanging around - chilling.

...And trying to do yoga on the paddle boards.

After a very pleasant lazy day in Goat Bay we motored off and headed down to the southern end of Cephalonia.  It was a Saturday and the girls had a flight from Argostoli the next day, and Mark and Vanessa were arriving later that night, so we had to make our way around the Southern end of the island and back up to the Port and into the main town of Argostoli, which is close to the airport.  

We broke the trip by staying a night in the ferry harbour of Poros on the way.  Not much to say about Poros.  Except that we were happy to head off early in the morning to find a good swimming spot.  We spent our last day with the girls anchored off the white cliffs at Pelagos in turquoise water under a burning blue sky.

Making a rather big splash! 

The last day with Bex on board - Its been so much FUN.

Argostoli is the capital and principal harbour of the island, and was totally flattened in the 1953 earthquake.  So the present city was rebuilt after this event.  We berthed at the cruise ship pier as it is close to the town, and the smaller marina is pretty grim.  So it was from here that the taxi arrived to take our girls away to the airport and on to their next fabulous adventure.  They were heading back to the Cyclades to stay on Kea, before heading down to Mykonos where they all had far too much fun!  

Waving them off from Argostoli - to the aiport - and on to Kea.

We waved them off, cleaned up the boat a bit, then went into the bustling town to buy provisions and check out the shops. It was later this same night that we welcomed the exhausted Mark and Vanessa aboard after their long journey from NZ, and then on to the Northern end of Cephalonia.  

 To be continued………

[dianapopescu]

11 iulie: Sfânta Mare Muceniță Eufimia

Sfânta Mare Muceniță Eufimia (16 septembrie) a trecut prin mucenicie în orașul Calcedon, în anul 304, în decursul persecuției împotriva creștinilor a împăratului Dioclețian (284-305). Un secol și jumătate mai târziu, în vreme când biserica creștină grecească ajunsese victorioasă în imperiul roman, Dumnezeu a hotărât că Eufimia să fie din nou martoră și mărturisitoare a purității învățăturii ortodoxe. https://www.diane.ro/2024/07/11-iulie-sfanta-mare-mucenita-eufimia.html

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The Ultimate Character Design Tournament

Please remember to vote for characters solely based on design!

Yun Jin | Genshin Impact

Listen, you can say what you want about the game and character designs as a whole, but you cannot convince that Yun Jin was anything less than a love letter for Chinese opera. Out of every design in Genshin, I gotta say, hers is one of the more obviously well thought out ones.

Eufimia Montefiori | OC

Eufimia is my own OC, and the design was made by my partner (adapted from an old design) !! It has a lot of story significance which I will shorten as much as possible Eufimia comes from a very poor home and works as a ghost hunter along with her sister, who is an exorcist. Eufimia was the one to start the business, and she runs it with the intention of getting lots of money from rich people so she can move herself and her sister out. ANYWAYS!! Her design is intended to display exactly how deceitful she is, if you know her lore. She dresses up in extremely fancy clothes and adorns herself with anything that looks expensive to come across as if she's trustworthy to the upper class. In reality, she's very shady but for a good reason (in her opinion). To emphasise the aspects of herself she hides, she hides her right eye due to an injury she sustained heavily damaging it. She's hidden this fact from everyone including her sister, due to the injury coming from someone who was willing to expose her shady business. Anyway erm. pretty vampirecore gf design

[dethijssens]

Vrijdag 11 juni – Dinsdag 15 juni

Het 251e bericht op Tumblr....

Onze eerste zeiluren van het seizoen op weg van Levkas naar Meghanisi. Ons doel is de baai van Abelakhi, en wij zijn benieuwd wat we daar zullen aantreffen qua drukte...Aanvankelijk wind tegen, dus  kruisen. Uiteindelijk ruimt de wind en halen wwe met een lange slag de baai. Het ankeren gaat prima, later brengen we nog (zwemmend)  lijnen aan de kant, omdat er boten naast ons komen, dan is draaien er dus niet meer bij.

Aan de kant gegeten bij het “lieve mevrouwtje” van Taverna Abelakhi in haar mooie tuin vol met bloemen en planten. Wij kiezen iets van de kaart, maar krijgen uiteindelijk wat ze in haar pannen heeft. O.a. warme griekse wine leaves gevuld met rijst. Erg lekker én Grieks. Wij besluiten nog een dagje in deze baai te blijven, het is zo’n mooie plek.

Een erg ontspannen dag voor ons, met veel zwemmen in water van een heerlijke temperatuur. Aan boord gegeten, en ’s avonds op onze laptop via VPN (mét een beetje vertraging) naar het Nederlands elftal gekeken. Gelukkig winst, maar met de hakken over de sloot. Wel gezellig om op het Griekse terras te kijken met een Mythos biertje erbij!!! Op maandag een wandeling over de heuvel naar het dorp, “little” Vathi, voor de bakker en kopje koffie en krantjes downloaden.

Daarna anker op om 12.00 uu. Ons doel is One House Bay, een ondiepe baai met een spectaculaire rotswand, gelegen op het kleine eiland Atakos. Opnieuw kruisend – aanvankelijk geen wind en daarna toenemend. De Dutchess heeft er duidelijk zin in; de snelheidsmeter tikt 8 kpn. aan. Bij de bestemming in de luwte van het eiland (toch nog veel wind) de zeilen gestreken, maar al vlug gezien dat de baai erg winderig was. Eerder hadden wij daar een slechte anker ervaring vanwege nachtelijke valwinden en dus gauw weer vertrokken. Baai overgestoken richting vasteland, Marathia Bay nabij Astakos. Alleen op grootzeil, voor de wind met 25-30 knts een hele mooie zeilmiddag. De lange baai in, aan het eind is een camping, met 2 campers (!) en verder niemand. Wij ankeren meteen goed, wel nog met stevige, vlagerige wind en die blijft. Tegen 21.00 uur lijkt het wat rustiger te worden, maar in totaal wordt het een onrustige nacht. Er trekken buien over (zonder neerslag). Wij draaien alle kanten op en het ankeralarm op de telefoon gaat herhaaldelijk  af ten teken dat we buiten het door ons ingestelde veilige gebied komen. Alert dus. ’s Morgens heel vroeg gewekt door een plotselinge vlaag van > 30 kpn. en maar meteen vertrokken, safety first. Ditmaal alleen op de fok met een bakstagswind, een dreigende lucht en de temperatuur nog niet zó Grieks, dus truien aan(!).

Langzaam drijven de wolken weg en verwarmt de Griekse zon ons weer! Om 13.00 uur liggen we vast in Eufimia. Bekend terrein. Er is geen marinero op de kant, maar met hulp van twee mensen die de lijnen aannemen gaat het prima. Ook het anker aan de voorkant pakt en is goed van lengte, altijd een beetje mikken wanneer je het laat vallen.  De zon schijnt en het waait, en wij liggen vast. En er is op dit eiland een postkantoor, zodat met een dagje vertraging het wekelijkse kaartje naar San José toch gepost is....!