Weekend in Athens

I had another business trip to Barcelona. Rather then taking another trip to Spain we decided to use the layover to our advantage and spend an extra long weekend in Athens. (Pictured above is my co-worker Jen, who was on the same business trip to Barcelona, and her husband Shaun) We had beatiful weather, great food (including lots of pork), and some stunning architecture to admire. We loved our trip so much that we decided to go back in October and sail the Greek Isles.

One afternoon we took a sightseeing trip to the major island (Aegina) outside of Athens. We rented some scooters and cruised the island enjoying the scenery. In typical Connor fashion Steve managed to crash on the way down a beautiful hillside. Until that point we had managed to really enjoy the fresh air and ambiance. We managed to hit a patch of gravel on a hairpin turn, luckily Steve broke our fall (both mine and the scooters) and he managed to get a couple of new souvenirs on his knees and elbows.

All in all it was a great trip.

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We found fish

So the going joke it that we've had a fishing boat for about a year now and have yet to catch a fish. Well that's all changed. We spent a beautiful day out on the water dropping lines in at various locations when we saw these fish jumping out of the water over a submerged reef island. They were amazing to watch and fun to catch. They were so acrobatic out of the water that the only one Steve got into the boat was hooked through the gills. We still don't know what the fish is called. It didn't have a lot of meat but we ate it anyway so that we could christen the boat as an honest fishing boat. Since then Steve has gone out and caught several Barracuda and Queen fish.