Tuesday 22^nd September – Nisís Trizónia (Glifada)

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This morning we took the local ferry (a 10m motor launch that bounces across the gap in all weathers) across to the mainland for a look around town, a place called Glifada. 

Across the road from the ferry terminal is a taverna and when we looked in as we went past we saw some traditional grape pressing going on.  The chap pressing the grapes waved to us and invited us to pick out some grapes from the large pile being thrown up to him but, being British, we declined.  He’d obviously met folk like us before and instructed his assistant to pick some out; before we knew what was happening we were being presented with a large bunches of grapes – they were being pressed on us J so we couldn’t say no.

We then went for a wander through town and realised that the tiny mini-market on the island was only slightly beaten into submission by the two mini-markets on the mainland, it being a very small town.  We bought a few provisions, having walked through the entire town in less than 15 minutes.  That said, we loved it and the locals were all so friendly, even the dogs and cats who all wanted to simply say ‘hello’ and then go on their way.

On the way back, we stopped for a coffee at the taverna, and then took the ferry back to Trizónia in time for lunch.  It was quite windy as we headed back across on the ferry and the swell quite steep – the ferry headed downwind and across into the lee of the island and then headed up to the harbour very close in to the shore, nevertheless it was quite a bouncy passage.

This afternoon Richard refilled our forward water tank using the jerry cans to bring water from the tap on the far side if the marina.

This evening we went out for dinner to a local taverna and enjoyed calamari and chips, and some free wi-fi for the long-range weather forecast.  We think the restaurant were delighted with us as when we arrived all the restaurants in the village were empty; I asked if they had free wi-fi and they said ‘yes’ – therefore we sat down, the Israeli boat that we had helped in earlier joined us on the next table, and then the British boat across from us turned up and also joined us and so it ended up being the only taverna in town with guests!  We all enjoyed a free dessert, compliments of the chef.