40 21.181N 014 58.891E Agropoli, Italy

Pipedream
Thu 29 Apr 2010 07:16
We safely made the mainland of Italy. Our original destination was Capri but we diverted to a place called Agropoli that the pilot book said was the closest safe port to a place called Paestum, ' said to be the finest Greek architecture in Italy'. Seems like a strange place to study Greek Architecture but a good time is where you find it... Tied up on a renta pontoon for 60 euros no showers or toilets but running drinkable water. Key Stone Cops docking... the prices are going up and the service is getting thinner. We walked the little town and stopped for coffee in the town center. Lots of folks cursing the light fantastic. We plopped down and watched the world go buy or about an hour.and then went for a pizza and two bottles of Canti Classico. We all came back to the boat and George proceeded to string his hammock on deck while Antony went out for a walk - throngs of young women hanging out around the boats.

In the middle of the night I was awaken by a large bang. You tend to here most stuff going on on deck quite well on a steel boat. A knot on George's hammock let loose. I shouted to George... no answer. Then went up to investigate. He had just managed to get out of the tangled mass of fabric and went below to finish the night and wait for any bruises to show. In the morning he said a knot on one of the hooks had let go. George says Chris was probably practicing some new knows in Svalbar... We plan to go to Greece town today where George, the architect will lecture on Doric columns...