Monday - Sivota to Lakka (Paxos)

We awoke in a lovely place just behind the islands off Sivota and Chris and Lizzie went for the early swim off the back of the boat followed by the (cold) deck shower. Then Alan texted to say he was on the early ferry so we set off for Sivota. Alan was on the quay to guide us in. It is a beautiful place so it was no hardship and while Alan did headstands in the aft lockers we had coffee and breakfast at one of the cafes on the quay. Kudos to him as he managed to fix it. As previously mentioned it makes such a difference being able to communicate properly with less of this "you speak slow I no hear you very well what is problem?" stuff we are used to. NSY even provide a Greek mobile with all their numbers in it so you don't have to try to work out how to call them from your own phone. So we are chilling out a bit more here then off to Paxos.

Later: We were so taken with our breakfast cafe that we decided to take them up on their offer to make us delicious baguettes for lunch. Once we had them in hand we cast off and headed out to sea. When we opened the bag it contained four rather stale cheese and ham paninis. Did we pick up the wrong order? Shame! 

We had a great sail to Paxos- the wind got up to about 12-15 knots and we were making 6.5 knots most of the way so we arrived at Lakka on the northern tip of Paxos at about 4pm. I was grateful for the return of the autopilot as it makes a long run on a single tack so much more relaxing. It is such an amazing place and no photo can really do justice to the colour of the water and the light.

After a swim and some shopping we headed to a bar with a balcony overlooking the bay for a drink - and then off to a restaurant called Akis for dinner.

Laura ordered muscles in squid ink which made her mouth go black - reminiscent of 'Calypso' in Pirates of  the Caribbean.

One noticeable difference between here and Croatia is that they don't charge you to anchor in wonderful places like this. Tomorrow we will head down the coast  of Paxos to Gaios, the main town.