Moving woes

I have been back in my home town for over three weeks, packing and trying to organize transport of my things from the apartment. Not easy. So far, my best option involves delivering two large duffle bags to a big city bus station in the middle of the night.

I might as well take them myself on the plane or pay extra for a courier. 

However,  the two of them are too heavy for me to transfer from plane to bus to ferry.  On the other hand, the diver who is watching Eidos, has agreed to let me use his address for delivery by courier. This makes sense, as I will need him to give me a ride to the boat upon my return. 

The bigger bag, 24kg, 80x60x50cm is now ready for pick up by DHL courier. It will  cost me €67 door to door. Let's hope it arrives in one piece.

The smaller one, I will take with me, since I already paid for hold baggage, and the carry on fits inside it. I will just have to somehow muscle it to Poros. 

On another note, while in Poland, I had been hoping to visit Warsaw for an outdoor Chopin concert in Łazienki park, but unfortunately the weather will not cooperate - it will rain on that Sunday that I am still here.

And so, I am trying to find interesting things to do in Cieszyn.

Luckily, my sister found a concert of Chopin's music at the Culture centre.

And then, we stumbled on a profesor of music who played wonderfully on an old piano at a local bistro.

And I managed to score one of the last few tickets for a Kate Liu piano concert at the Cieszyn theatre. She played Chopin, Beethoven and Schubert with technical excellence.

I now wish that I had spent less money on an apartment over the winter, and more on the theatre. 

Finally, in good weather, the Peace Park offered a refuge from the noise of the main square and of course I always found time for desert at several of the cafés. 

I will have some lovely memories of Cieszyn, especially the cultural events, but I also really miss the sea and my boat.

Cieszyn, my home town.

Last winter, I stayed in an apartment in this beautiful building on the central square in Cieszyn. I thought that it would be my new home.

Then in April, I went back to Greece to pick up my possessions and prepare Eidos to be sold. But as soon as I arrived, Greece, the sea  the sun and of course Eidos once again had me in their grip. A difficult decision when one gets older and no longer able to manage a boat alone. But, I don't think it is the right time for me yet. So I decided to stay on board one more summer and to give up my apartment. One summer at a time and one winter at a time - that is my new plan.

Although, I like the location of my apartment and the fact that it has an elevator but the windows do not open and it is very hot in summer. So I decided to give it up and focus on making Eidos more comfortable.