Easter in Lakki

We are still in Lakki marina, where the cloud has given way to sun and a freezing wind, so we are wrapped up like mid-winter while back home everyone is sweltering.

Lin's back was not getting any better so she want to the hospital on Thursday, where she was sent straight in to a back specialist. He took a series of X-Rays, which showed an old osteoporotic fracture of one vertebra, but he was pretty sure that the injury is muscular. He prescribed a short course of slow-release morphine and other strong painkillers and muscle relaxant, and a period of complete rest for her back, the morphine knocking her out,

so we were committed to staying in Lakki for at least another week.

We have got a lot more jobs done on the boat, though there is always more to do. Simon fitted a new inverter, wired in to the 240v ring main, but the inverter was faulty and blew its internal fuses so it has had to be returned. He also installed an aquafilter water filter so we can be more ecological and not load up with bottled water, but our fittings are not standard so we needed half a dozen connectors. Which of course leaked, so it took hours to get it all in place. We have also fitted a boom brake, better to control the boom in gybes.

We got a loaf of Greek Easter bread, Tsoureki, to get into the Easter spirit.

Easter in Lakki is very low key. All the tavernas have been closed, but we found a pizza place open for dinner on Wednesday with Mike and Tre, who arrived in Lakki early on Tuesday morning, but there was nowhere to go out for Lin's birthday dinner, so we invited Mike and Tre to join us for pork chops and ratatouille on board.

We went to the church for the morning service on Good Friday, but there were only about ten people there. On Friday evening we joined the procession, with the tabernacle and drums going around town with quite a crowd, but the firecrackers detracted from the enjoyment so we came home early. On Saturday night Lin slept while Simon went down to the church at midnight. Quite a crowd, a few candles and a lot of firecrackers, with occasional much louder bangs (dynamite?). Easter in Lakki is low key, but it is certainly not quiet: