After
Teo and Sophie left for work we settled in to paperwork.
Around 10:00 John rang the Mercedes workshop just to see if EC was progressing, to
be told all done…..! Wow there goes my catching up on blogs…..
Veronica,
Costis’s godmothers mother… helped us order a taxi. John walked
down to the ATM while I waited. We picked John up and headed for
Mercedes.
Nice to see EC again. All seemed good we ran the engine and
no leaks.
We
paid, and then asked where to buy deep cycle batteries. After a couple of
stops we found them for sale at Standard Batteries. Perfect fit and
125 AH each. The next size up was too high to get through the
door unfortunately. They cost €470. Hopefully this will have some
follow on effect and fix our heater……. One can hope. We put then
inside and then drove off to find some wood to put under the new batteries
and jam them in tight
We
were directed to an amazing wood place. It had logs that had been
sliced length ways then with packing they were separated (for drying)
then strapped back into their original shape. Plywood sheets, and MDF
board. Just about everything. We bought a bundle of 2cm by 4cm “sticks”
for €1.
At
Sophia’s place we changed into work clothes and changed out the
batteries. It went quickly, we even remembered to cover the solar
panels.
John
set the batteries up quickly for the night and would finish the job
before they started charging in the morning sunlight.
I
washed all our dirty clothes. We walked into Sindos and bought some
pork for a curry. It looked so good I bought some for our freezer. We
then bought some baklava then a flowering plant for their house.
John
cooked us a nice dinner then Sophie’s brother came by. He has been
in the tourist business for 20 years and teaching. He seemed
fascinated with our trip.