A Change of Pace on the Poop Deck
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When planning our trip prior to leaving Ontario, our goal was to make it to Turkey before our 90 Schengen days were over, which would be by July 3rd. However, the date we chose as our goal was June 27th so that we had a few extra EU days in case of emergency or unforeseen circumstances. More than two months later when in Kos, Greece, we were making final arrangements with our “agent”, who would help to check the boat and us into Turkey, and he told us he had our appointment scheduled for June 27th. We could not believe that after over 1500 nautical miles traveled, with 3 countries visited, we actually were entering Turkey on the exact day we had planned! Turkey has definitely provided us the opportunity to experience a change of pace from our trip beginning in France to Corsica, Sardinia, Italy, and Greece. We are no longer working towards moving the boat along while we enjoy some touring, but seem to be meandering along, choosing areas to visit as we go. Although we have some high lev