When we left Turgutreis we headed West towards the city of Kalymnos. One of the first things  we did was resupply the boat with pork. Once again, bad weather forced us to stay in the harbour  for several days, and when conditions improved, we moved northward to the islands of Patmos and  Lipsi. We also decided to explore nearby smaller islands that we had not yet visited. We wanted  to find new places that could be of interest to our guests who were going to arrive soon.  The  first island was Agothonisos, located 15 miles south of Samos. This island has not yet been   developed, but new roads have been built for future summer houses. The electric power cables  were being reinforced by bigger ones, indicating that the island will soon become crowded in the  summer months and empty the rest of the year. If you want to visit the island while it is still nice  and quiet, now is the time. After Agothonisos, we went to Harki. This little island can only  accommodate 10 visitor boats. No electric  power or water is available for visiting boats. So if you  want to stay in Harki, make sure you have enough water and that you can generate power for the  appliances you want to use. There is a tiny grocery store, but the products offered are very  limited, except beer. Luckily, an ambulant merchant comes with his van twice a week, selling fresh  vegetables and fruit. If you need to buy vegetables or fruit, make sure you catch him. In the  evening, he leaves the island. The island also has 2 taverns that offer mainly fresh fish. This  island is very calm during the day, except from 1 to 3 pm, when small tourist boats with around 30  passengers arrive. They stay on the island for about two hours, either to walk around or to go to  the taverns or the souvenir shop for a coffee. Once they leave the island, it becomes very quiet  again.  If you want a berth in this place, come early to occupy the spot of a leaving boat. The best  time is between 8 and 10 am. Friday and Saturday are the best days, as the charter boats return  to base and do not come back to Harki until the next morning.  After Harki, we decided that it was time to move to Samos to prepare Terus for our visitors. To  our surprise, the harbor of Pythagorio was closed from August 5 until 8 in the morning. Samos  celebrated the 200-Year anniversary of the battle of Samos when the Greeks won a major  victory    over the Ottoman Turk Navy. For the Greeks, it was also revenge for the Chios massacre when  the Ottoman soldiers slaughtered 3/4 of the population in 1912. During the celebration, we took  shelter in Posidonio, a little bay not far from the harbour. On August 8, we docked in the harbour  of Pythagorio and started to buy the groceries needed for the soon to arrive family. On the walls  of the harbour, you can visit the statue of Pythagorus which reminds us that he once lived here.  Once the family was on board, we sailed towards the west. Our choice was the worst we could  have made, as we encountered winds of over 40 knots. The forecast was totally wrong. The place  we had reserved was too dangerous, and the harbourmaster advised us to go outside the harbor  next to the entrance and drop the anchor at a depth of 10 meters with 60 meters of chain. The  winds increased to 40 knots (70km) and only went down on the third day. We could not even swim  alongside the boat due to the strong currents. Finally, on the third day, we could resume our  voyage to Slipi, Patmos and Harki. They liked those places very much, and soon the bad weather  days were forgotten. The day after the family left Terus, our Australian friend joined us for 3  weeks. We visited the same islands as with the family, but also Agothonisi, Leros and Kalymnos,  where he left us to catch a plane.  Once our friend left us, we went to Nysiros as it is a very nice place, and we love it very much.  The end of the season was  approaching, and we decided to go to Leros where we could start  preparing the boat for winter by removing the sails as well as doing some cleaning. When we  arrived, we witnessed the 80-year celebration of the Battle of Leros. Germany attacked Leros on  September 26, 1943. The battle was fierce and lasted 43 days before the British and Italian  soldiers laid down their weapons. It was the last battle that the Germans won in the Second  World War. 956 people died, including 20 civilians. If you open your eyes, you will find many  traces of this battle. There is a British military cemetery near the Ageas Marina port. In the  harbor of Lakki there is a monument to honor the 72 Greek seamen who  died on the vessel «  Vasilissa Olga", which was the most emblematic ship of the Greek navy.  On September 26, a  ceremony is held in Lakki to remember the lost seaman, and a flower wreath is placed in the water  above the wreck of the Vassilissa Olga. You can find other traces of the war, such as a crane that  was used to bring the hydroplanes onto the land. Up in the heights, you can see an aerophone,  listening wall,  that allowed the early detection of incoming planes, allowing the people to take  shelter or prepare the guns.  On October 7, we had our appointment with the yard to lift Terus out. We were glad to see that  we had no damage below the flotation line. Ten days later, on October 16, we left Leros for  Brussels. If we could summarize this season, we would say that we had a nice season with no rain,  but we would have preferred to have much less Meltemi.