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September 10, 2005
Island of Lesvos
Island of Lesvos Greece 02.09.2005 - 05.09.2005.
On the way to Lesvos we have seen Bosgada Island with 17 wind generators. The original plan was to stop here and take some photograps of Anna with the wind generators. Unfortunately we were so much late that we had to skip the plan and keep on sailing to Greece.
I usualy sleep on the deck. The stars are bright and Anna is swinging so much that it gives the most beautiful star-watch experience.
When I opened my eyes near to Lesvos the first thing I saw was a little fin on the surface of the water. A little Dolphin was swimming next to us. What a nice morning!!!
Lesvos is a big Island, took us a long time to get from one end to the other end where the harbour was. When we got to the harbour we had a nice breakfast. During our breaky the greek office people arrived and they asked us the question we were dreaming of for a long-long time: would you like to take a shower and have a rest after that in the hotel near-by? Dimi´s face changed a lot after hearing the word shower.
The greek exhibition was very successfull. There were a lot of people interested in their work and the T-shirst they were selling. Dimitri the greek campainer had a lot of meetings with several politicians and even the mayor of the Island. Unfortunately they are planning to have a new oil powerplant on Lesvos that honestly doesn´t make much sense as there are so many alternative opportunities on this fantastic Island. Wind is always blowing, there are many waves, biomass could be a solution too and the sun is shining all the time. But oil and the money behind seems to be more convincing. Never mind! Sunny the Greek action-coordintor (who is stronger than I am and tough as a greenpeace warior) might turn up one day with some activist to change their mind quickly. Come on Sunny! Make a big wave!
We left Lesvos on Monday, the 5th of September. It was sad as Lois the boat driver finaly left Anna. Lois joined the ShipTour coincidently. He had been invited to a wedding ceremony in Wien. When he was having a good time at the harbour in Wien he just met Frank and seen Anna. It was one day after our party. Frank invited him to be a boat-driver until Bratislava. So he went home (it was already two in the morning), packed in his smallest backpack and got on board at six in the morning. Since that time he was on board all the time. He has been infromed to leave Anna several times on the way but never left until Lesvos. He is a hard working guy with an ever-lasting smile on his face and with very good sense of humor. We miss you Gnocchi!
Greg
Posted by Hussein at September 10, 2005 5:34 PM