Astir Marina Vouliagmenis – you find nothing, but very expensive

Poseidon is really demanding on us and the boat this afternoon. We are torn as to whether we should look for a safe hiding place now, even though we wanted to get as far as Lavrio, but we can’t do that with the waves. Via Skipper App we actually find the Marina Astir in Vouliagmenis, south of Piraeus/Athens. When we finally arrive, we find nothing except for a few luxury yachts. No matter, when we simply docked, everything went very quickly. Security and management were on the spot. No electricity, no water, but one night for 375 euros. What were we going to do. It was really tricky outside. So we spent the most expensive night of the trip. But there was a restaurant, everyone in evening dress and we in camouflage. We left it at a beer, because anything over 150 euros was too steep for us. And the guys all had the motto: Your poverty pisses us off. We cooked ourselves a delicious meal, slept peacefully, recharged our batteries and left at 5am. The sea was still choppy, so we only went as far as Lavrio, but even that took a few hours. Here we did a few checks, because the waves had loosened a few cables and caused faults. We stayed in the harbour the next day and treated ourselves to a hotel room, because we were already in a real sailor’s mood. In the evening, we partied hard in an Irish pub, which was a must.