Ormos Vathi ~ Sifnos Island, Greece

Current Position at anchor: North 36*55'846 East 024*41'400 ~ Great enclosed anchorage, good holding in 20ft sand & Weed.

We're currently anchored in yet another beautiful bay off the village of Vathi on the South West coast of Sifnos Island. The water is crystal clear with visibility of over 100 feet making it a perfect place for swimming and watching the fish! Ashore there's a lovely little village with two mini markets for getting basic provisions and a long beach fringed with Tavernas selling everything from Octopus to Greek meat balls.

Yesterday we caught the local bus to the town of Apollonia high up in the hills for a look around the winding alleys and beautiful views of the coast line. We stopped in a Taverna for a drink sitting outside under a blanket of winding vine leaves and enjoying a break from the baking sun! This morning we've been catching up on boat chores, doing laundry and filling up with water from small dock (cost 1.50 euro for two runs with our Jerry cans). Later today we plan to sail to the island of Kimolos just 12 miles to the South West of here and then on to Milos tomorrow.

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Paroikia town, paros Island ~ Greece

Current Position at anchor: North 37*05'412 East 025*09'227 ~ Very good anchorage, large bay off town with sand/weed bottom good holding.

Paroikia Town is on the north west coast of Paros island and is extremely pretty and steeped in history. It's home to the Katapoliani 'the church of the hundred doors', a beautiful Greek Orthodox building containing three churches in one and well worth a visit. The town dates back to the 13th century and the old quarter or 'Kastro' is a maze of intricate little alleyways and home to some great boutique shops and Restaurants. We even found a small catholic church and were able to attend Sunday mass the first time since Singapore over a year ago!

We've been here two days now and have enjoyed idling away the days wandering the streets window shopping and people watching. There are two small supermarkets both owned by the same company where we've been able to reprovision with all the basics...more expensive than Turkey but reasonable enough! Today we are going to make the most of what little wind we have and try to sail the 22 miles to Ormos Vathi on Sifnos Island.

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