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We arrived in Greece exactly as planned and it was really good to get here.

The journey down took four days two of between 8 to 10 hours driving and the other two more of a half day. We only took one wrong turn in Germany which only took half an hour to sort out. We celebrated Phil's birthday at a lovely place that brewed its own beer in Germany. Waking up on the overnight ferry to a beautiful sunrise over some islands in the Adriatic really got us believing we were nearly here.

Since we arrived we have been warmly welcomed and well looked after. We have had a glorious home cooked fish pie and been taken to a local quiz night. The boat is in the yard on slits and we are working on her everyday to get all our jobs done. The view from our new place of work is fabulous. We are hoping to be in the water soon.

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