Heading to Athens

The weather has been calm and water flat as we head to Athens. We anchored out at the foot of the temple of Poseidon as it towered on the edge of the steep point. As the full moon rose behind it, the scene was transformed into a beautiful postcard advertising all that is beautiful about Greece. The next morning we headed to Aegina, a small island right off the coast of Athens. We prefer it to going into the crazy charter filled ports of Athens itself. I spent my 60th birthday there which was both exciting and a bit sobering. How did all those years happen so fast and why did the years leave behind all these wrinkles. We sailed over to Athens to pick up a couple who are chartering with us for the week because Greece is having a one day ferry strike in protest to the government austerity cuts. Scott, a friend from home also joined us. So the 5 of us set out for our first forays into the Peloponnesus.