Epidavros, to Begin our Sailing Voyage

Once our group arrived from London and we had greeted our friends, who had hosted us in London in July 2012, we all hopped on the "coach" (bus) and headed to Epidavros.

Our drive was about two hours, with a quick stop for restrooms (and a beer) at one point along the way.

Once we arrived in Epidavros, we were told the name of our boat, gathered our luggage, and headed straight there.

Our boat was Konitsa, representing a town in Epirus, Greece, near the Albanian border.

This would be our home for the next two weeks!

It was dark when we arrived, so we found the lights inside the boat, quickly unpacked what we needed for the night, and made our beds.  The engineer, Bobby, stopped by and showed us the essentials we would need for the overnight (lights, water, "head").  Then we headed to a taverna and met our friends from Olympia (their boat) for dinner.

We had a great dinner and shared lots of laughs and good Greek food.  We also learned what Metaxa is (similar to bourbon/whiskey), and the guys each took a shot to get our vacation started.  

 
We also learned that the best way to order wine in Greece is to just order the white, or red, table wine.  No need to review an entire wine list and look like we were smarter than we were.  House wine was almost always excellent.

After dinner, everyone was tired from their travel day, and we headed to bed.  Because the next day, we would be sailing....