Syvota, Greece
Today was to be a day at sea, but with the trip ending soon and a need for some constructive downtime Expedition Leader Tom Ritchie and Captain Saterskog looked at the charts and found a nice little spot to stop in northwestern Greece for some morning activities. The ship was not anchored very long when the weather turned bad. There was lighting, thunder and downpouring rain for a while. It let up fairly quickly and there was a quick kayak briefing after breakfast for those who were interested. The kayaks were towed into position and those that wanted to were free to paddle along the lovely marble shores of the Greek mainland. The island of Korfu was off in the distance as was Albania. Others chose to take a Zodiac ride into town and walk around the sleepy waterfront waiting for the rainwater to evaporate or the coffee shops to open. Still others enjoyed some beach and swimming time at a small pebbly shore just to the port side of the ship. We spent the whole morning relaxing and thinking about the natural and cultural wonders of Greece.
After lunch the ship got underway and headed north with Korfu on our left and the troubled country of Albania on our right. It was interesting to be just a few hundred yards from a country that we are not permitted to visit. The scenery was marvelous on both sides as we traveled through the narrow straight and on into the Adriatic Sea where we would make our way to what is left of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Today was to be a day at sea, but with the trip ending soon and a need for some constructive downtime Expedition Leader Tom Ritchie and Captain Saterskog looked at the charts and found a nice little spot to stop in northwestern Greece for some morning activities. The ship was not anchored very long when the weather turned bad. There was lighting, thunder and downpouring rain for a while. It let up fairly quickly and there was a quick kayak briefing after breakfast for those who were interested. The kayaks were towed into position and those that wanted to were free to paddle along the lovely marble shores of the Greek mainland. The island of Korfu was off in the distance as was Albania. Others chose to take a Zodiac ride into town and walk around the sleepy waterfront waiting for the rainwater to evaporate or the coffee shops to open. Still others enjoyed some beach and swimming time at a small pebbly shore just to the port side of the ship. We spent the whole morning relaxing and thinking about the natural and cultural wonders of Greece.
After lunch the ship got underway and headed north with Korfu on our left and the troubled country of Albania on our right. It was interesting to be just a few hundred yards from a country that we are not permitted to visit. The scenery was marvelous on both sides as we traveled through the narrow straight and on into the Adriatic Sea where we would make our way to what is left of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
