the corinth canal

going through a canal - well, what a way to start the day!!!!

after a quite uneventful day going from kythnos to the entry of the corinth canal, we anchored there for the night to proceed through the canal the next morning. uneventful though is probably not quite right, as we crossed the tss of piraeus (i.e. the traffic separation scheme - or in other words: a highway for biiiig ships). this meant trying to stay out of the way of very very fast and big ships. again our ais proved to be more than helpful. somehow captains of big ships seem to be more likely to answer their vhf when called by the ship´s name. so we were lucky to have speed ferry "SUPERFAST XII"to change the course by a couple of degrees in our favor before running us over with 30kn!

but after that it was just motoring, since we must have used up all the wind the aegean had for us in the first few days.

we found a good spot for the night, had good dinner and the next morning we went off to go through the corinth canal into the ionian sea and leave the aegean sea behind us. (or for all of you out there being very precise: going from the saronic gulf into the gulf of corinth)

the world´s most expensive canal (we paid 211€ for not quite 6,4km) is quite an impressive thing to go through on your own keel.

we tried to do a video - unfortunately the change in temperature and humidity caused the housing of our little gopro to fog up...nevertheless check it out!

entry to the canal

in the canal...cool and shady

almost like an australian gorge.

looking back on the world´s most expensive, but quite impressive canal

after the great canal trip we motored (unfortunately again!) on the mirror like sea to a little town called galaxidi, a tip we got from a friend of mark´s, who has her family roots here.
a great place so far! beautiful with very welcoming people, especially if you fly an australian flag! again a lot of people seem to have family in australia...and looking at the coast here, we do understand why so many greeks went down under: the landscape here almost looks like australia (and the temperatures are similar too) - or vice versa. with gumtrees near the beach and cicadas singing in the sun, i almost feel like being in albury on a hot december day!
can´t wait to explore this lovely town tomorrow!