To the Castle
25 April 2013 | Halki
Brian Hall
Saturday April 20, 2013
Everyone was excited about showers (simple pleasures) and we were there by 9 only to find we were talking Greek time. The owner arrived about 10 and turned on the hot water heater. We had coffee and a great shower and updated the blog while taking turns in the single washroom upstairs in the restaurant.
After lunch Howard Rene & Brian decided to head for the hills and Brenda stayed on Necessity. It was a 1.5 hour trek mostly uphill to the site of the Venetian fortress which was in the progress of being renovated and was not open. The views of the island were amazing and we took a ton of pictures. Returning to Necessity we learned that the large ferry which was to come at 10 PM, also returned at 6am and then the water tanker was due to arrive about 7AM Sunday and would take up the entire dock for the day. We went back to our favourite restaurant for chicken and lamb then left the dock and anchored out in the bay near town. Before we could leave we had to wait for a German boat to leave. He had rafted off of us for the past 2 days to leave space for the large fishing boats which came and went a couple times a day. We lost track of him and the next day we discovered they had rafted off a sailboat on a mooring for the night. His anchor seemed a bit sketchy so that may be the explanation.
We heard the anchor chain drag on the rock below as the boat shifted in the night. Other than that, it was a comfortable night.
Brian on board Necessity, Halki, Greece