The pace of our journey is slowing down significantly. The days of long hops and multiple overnights are behind us and we are enjoying coast-hopping for the next few days.
This little hop is barely 10 miles north up the coast to a tiny village called Ierakas in a secluded bay. A couple of hours motoring and Lori was trying her first alongside parking of the boat with Ruairi’s guidance. She did a near-perfect joband it is just another example of how much more comfortable she is becoming with all aspects of this sailing thing.
Even after a leisurely start, we arrived in plenty of time for lunch. Today we chose the meze approach. Meze in Greece are small appetizer plates often served before the main course but can be eaten by themselves tapas-style. And this is what we did today in a tiny little taverna. While all of it was outstanding, the fried calamari and spice pie were the clear favorites. I am not a great calamari fan (usually because it starts off frozen and somehow becomes rubber in the cooking process). However when the calamari is a s fresh as this and cooked so lightly it is quite succulent. The spinach pie was also special because it was not made with the usual phyllo pastry but with very light and thin puff pastry layers enclosing a very plain layer of cooked spinach. Delicious in its simplicity.
We are expecting some wind tonight which is a little problematic because it will be blowing us onto the quay that we are tied to. It is important in these circumstances to have enough fenders between you and the quay as they can become quite compressed by the force of strong winds onto the side of the boat. Hopefully, all will be well.
