There is something soporific about sleeping on boats - Ratty would agree. not an early start for me!
Blue sky, clear water, a breeze. Boys heroicly hit the water first thing, rest of us sidled up for a breakfast fit for Kings. Pancakes, eggs which ever way you like, fresh yoghurt, fresh fruit, including best fresh peaches ever, even the smell a magnet, lightest of light cheese filo pastries (skimmer), ripe, full of flavor tomatoes, olives, cucumber, cheese, toast.
Then up anchor & off to uninhabited bay on Pserimos. Close to shore but still 9m deep, clear to bottom, beautiful turquoise colour, out of the breeze.
Snorkelling, kayaking, swimming for some of us, less demanding pursuits for others .... and eventually lunch, another gastronomic event. Extreme salad selection, spanokopita pie, meatballs in decadent cheese sauce (visually& taste wise more glamorous than it sounds!), local wine of course, and apricots that heave with barely remembered apricot scent & flavour.
On to Kalimnos & 'Miami Cafe' the 1st pronouncement as we sail into harbour. Very Greek!
Dinner ashore tonight - Toby entrusted with choice of restaurant. Tough given quality of food aboard & fact the season has barely started, many places not yet open, or maybe it's still siesta time!
Kalimnos town creeps up the side of a steep slope of spindly conifers to a giant crucifix & church on top one side of town, bare barr whitewashed church & a large proud Greek flag atop the other. Sponge diving was a major economic contributor at some stage. By the number of sponge stores stocked to the rafters, unsuspecting tourists are all keeping the industry alive.