Miss Diane’s luxury cruise,lol #Day 1

The day before Diane arrived we returned to the marina to clean the boat, provision and arrange a car to surprise her at the airport. She believed she was to get a taxi from Samos airport to the marina not far, about 7km. She was lucky in that she got a direct flight from Edinburgh to Athens overnight and a morning connection Athens to Samos, quite tiring but quicker and less hassle than overnights in hotels.

The flight was due in at 9.00 am and Louise had sorted out a welcoming birthday breakfast and had the boat decorated with balloons and banners. We had warned Lily to be on her best behavior as Diane is scared of cats. As it turns out they we needn’t have worried they took to one another straight away.

After bucks fizz and breakfast Diane was introduced to Joni, Bruce, Brian & Sara and yes again yet another “leaving do” was set up for the end of Diane’s holiday on our return to Samos.

Once settled in we decided to head off that afternoon for Agathanisi 17 miles or so , not a big trip to start her off. We were underway for 5 hours sailing the majority of it. Arriving just after 5:00 o clock

Unfortunately we couldn’t anchor off the beach this time as two other boats were in but instead in the 2^nd bay where we could have walked round to the village and the taverna. As it was we just ate on board as we were all pretty tired by then.

Arrival day and cat introductions