No Clothes Required...Greece is on FIRE! (literally). Sailing The Ionian.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

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[@apavani91]

Just Amazing!!! Thanks for sharing this window of the world to some that cannot route this direction at the moment!!!!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

You are forever welcome ❤️🦋⚓️

[@wmvaux]

Nothing like seeing the calm smooth water and making the most of it.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

100 PERCENT! ❤️❤️❤️

[@chrisblore6385]

Luv your episodes. You all bring a sense of happiness and calm. Even with all your personal struggles. Good travels to you….

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Thankyou! Lovely to hear ❤️🦋⚓️

[@idiotinakayakrayarratoon9930]

happy days you guys, love seeing your post, keep them coming, i hope one day you will get the recognition , you deserver xxx

[@SailingHollyBlue]

That’s super kind of you thanks! ❤️⚓️🦋

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Beautiful place and beautiful videos.

[@loisphillips5826]

Thanks for sharing. Camping on the beach sure looks fun. Ronny is a great paddleboarder.😃

[@SailingHollyBlue]

You are very welcome x

[@stevenbutler2824]

The joys of being a free spirited person and enjoying life natural and free of clothes

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Not everyone gets it though! That’s the only curse!

[@stevenbutler2824]

@SailingHollyBlue How true, being free of clothes at sea is pure freedom and I envy you

[@thomasthornton5737]

😀😀👍👍❤❤ Thank you again for another fun and beautiful video! Laura is very photogenic, indeed!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Glad you enjoyed, our pleasure ❤️🦋⚓️

[@THUNDERCATS4]

WELCOME TO GREECE GUYS! BEAUTIFUL DAYS~~

[@NicolaW72]

I wish you a great Trip!😃 - No Clothes needed!🧡👍 - Thank you very much!🏖🍀

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Thank you! 😃

[@NicolaW72]

@@SailingHollyBlue 😃👍

[@MrFroglips69]

Always a groovy episode with you guys. Laura you are just too gorgeous to have any health issues. Ross you are a lucky man, but of course, you already know that. Love following your adventures.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Thankyou and so pleased you enjoyed it! ❤️🦋⚓️

[@scotchali]

as usual another excellent video.❤

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Thankyou always! ❤️🦋⚓️

[@philkfoto]

YT have just introduced me today to your channel and I have subscribed. Love watching sailing and having been to a Greek island just once, look forward to seeing your travels from UK. Now I know why many sailing have a cat or two, cats hate water so will never leave the boat.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Ronnie swims…watch this space! Glad you enjoyed! ❤️🦋⚓️

[@geof1954]

Nice to meet up,again. Lovely relaxing video. Thank you ❤

[@cherylblackwell7329]

Hi Gang always enjoy your travels😊 the cats are so chilled out it’s amazing. Hope all goes well with your results Laura❤. Love your family boat life. Love to see the boys into their schooling it’s amazing what you can do Online. The camping looked fun🎉 don’t know about the Snake think I’d rather sleep on the boat 😂😂. Take care all of you look forward to our next video 😊😊😊😊😊

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Thank you! 😊 yes I agree Cheryl that’s exactly why I did sleep on the boat haha! Too many creepy crawlers for mummy! ❤️❤️❤️🦋⚓️💫

[@toddmatteson9751]

Great video guys

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Glad you enjoyed it Todd ❤️🦋⚓️

[@biancat5015]

Ronny!! What a cool cat ❤❤

[@SailingHollyBlue]

He is one of a kind that’s for sure! He’s got a very free spirit ❤️

[@giuseppesolidoro8030]

Sono stato proprio in quella Baia Dove siete stati ancorati a Meganisi🎉❤ le isole ionie sono fantastiche

[@wayneandrews1278]

Great video ty

[@baris_from_karsiyaka]

Great equipments❤

[@shaheenbhoola]

Awesome serene scenery. Weird watching the cat on land.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

It’s where he came from so you could say its his natural environment ⚓️🦋👍

[@MrMastrokostas]

I have been in your country and do you know what surprised me, that no one spoke Greek! believe me the percentage that speaks a foreign language in Greece is huge compared to what they speak in your country! and I'm telling you in a friendly way! have a good time in Greece, enjoy every single moment, and I'm telling you that from the bottom of my heart!❤ It really difficult if no one speaks your language specially in the hospitals!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

100% agree - we are always amazed by how so many speak Greek and by the amazing language education the children here have…it’s also so nice for the boys to be able to chat to anyone! In hospital it was just particularly frustrating because there were many complicated phrases needed to communicate - we speak a little Greek but considering how much English is spoken in lefkada we were surprised that in the hospital it was minimally spoken…however the medical services were brilliant so that’s the important thing! We love ❤️Greece and hope one day we will speak much more of your language and feel less rude as it’s embarrassing to say that after 5 years our vocabulary is still so limited 🙈🙈🙈. ❤️🦋⚓️

[@astonmatthews185]

In the ancient world, Greek would be the common language that all ppl would us to communicate with each other, now it’s English that is the common language, so makes no real sense in learning a semi dead languages to be fair. With respect.

[@MrMastrokostas]

@@SailingHollyBlue thanks a lot for your message!! Enjoy your sailing in Greece and I hope to see you around in EVIA island one day!! I hope this is you last time your needed to visit hospital! Health to you and your family!!! 🐬🚣‍♂️🛟⚓️

[@NicolaW72]

@@astonmatthews185 Greece has more than 10 Million Inhabitants, so Modern Greek is no "semi dead language".

[@Mario-R-3232]

@@astonmatthews185 More than 50 million people in the world speak Greek and many more wish to learn it, so I wouldn't call this language semi dead at all (and I'm Italian who lives in the UK). And it is true that a great percentage of the common used words in other languages, including English, find their origins in Greek.

[@giuseppesolidoro8030]

Quanto siete bravi e belli🎉❤

[@TammyBillings-qt1ve]

Good video

[@wallywombat164]

G'day forever young family. ❤❤❤❤ Love Wally.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

G’day Wally! ❤️⚓️🦋

[@zoiszxr]

Hello from lefkada!!!!!!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

HELLOOOOOOO!! 🤗

[@eodpit]

We are waiting for you at Katakolo harbor!!!!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

You’re waiting on the wrong side! 😂⚓️🦋

[@paulreynolds2898]

So pro 🙂

[@ThomasPecha-s5p]

The water at Lefkada island is perfect clear

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Not where we were going it wasn’t!

[@ThomasPecha-s5p]

@@SailingHollyBlue ah ok, the water at the harbor / city is not godd, but down the island it is great

[@SailingHollyBlue]

@@ThomasPecha-s5p we’ve spent a lot of time around lefkada now so we know the best bays for water…any port water is not usually good and Vliho bay near Nydri is particularly foul!

[@WilliamWarburton-to4xx]

Coming out in September (from UK) if you need anything - starting from Nikiana and my crew want to go south!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

There’s not a lot you can’t buy here that you can in the UK anyway unless you want to bring over our wakeboard, surf boards and mountain bikes from storage? 😂❤️

[@Ghost_Recon_Actual]

While I cannot afford to become a patron since becoming a what you call a pensioner, here is the US the Governmental Social Security System pays one-third of what I made monthly before retiring. Anyway, I am a subscriber and truly enjoy each and every video you post. Thank you for your dedication in posting your adventures.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Thankyou for your continued support - it is always very much appreciated in any capacity 🦋❤️⚓️

[@xSwiftMC]

Nudity is liberty! Looked like a nice trip too. Cute cat btw 😂

[@giuseppesolidoro8030]

Alle spalle del vecchio cimitero di Vathi verso Sud a Meganisy , ci sono delle rovine archeologiche meravigliose , non sono censite, oltre 10.000 metri quadrati di spettacolo. Epoca preistorica

[@SailingHollyBlue]

We must search for these Thankyou!

[@KiwiSkipper]

What do I think of this for a back garden ... well ... garden of Eden if you ask me. Something incredible to experience.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Never get used to it either! Every morning even 5 years on its like ‘wow look at the water!’ 💦

[@janaferreira8882]

❤

[@punjabseth260]

😊😊

[@wallywombat164]

That looked like a nice secluded little island. Do you ever get the chance to sneak away for a bit of the old ' hows ya faver '? 😊😊😊😊

[@SailingHollyBlue]

We just did! It was nice to take a dip in all this heat 😉

[@wallywombat164]

@@SailingHollyBlue HAHAHA. Good onya.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

ROSS! You are naughty!! (It’s Laura here now commenting on his reply!) x

[@rbnhood39]

Love your kitties. Do you not have any air conditioning on your boat?

[@SailingHollyBlue]

We do in one room but they do fine in shady breezy spots…

[@XristosIfganas]

14.30 Good morning. happy holidays they should speak english huh!!!!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

No we should be less ignorant and try to learn a little more Greek - it’s a tough language though and we have been busy folk! No excuses though must try harder 🦋👍❤️

[@XristosIfganas]

@@SailingHollyBlue Greek is a rich and historic language, and while it can be challenging, the effort is worth it. I understand that time may be limited, but with a little discipline and consistency, progress can be made. You can start with small steps, such as learning new words every day, watching videos or listening to podcasts in Greek, or even reading simple texts. The most important thing is to integrate the language into your daily life so that it becomes part of your routine.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

@@XristosIfganas we do know the basics having learnt as you suggested but in a hospital situation with the kind of conversations including medical terminology so much more than the basics was needed…but definetly going to make an effort to practise daily 🦋

[@staceyjordan9197]

Do you ever worry about the cats falling overboard?

[@SailingHollyBlue]

At first we were hyper aware but over time have realised that cats are both savvy and stable! They stay in the cabin if we’re sailing in anything that’s not flat calm and are always indoors at nightime…otherwise catch our next episode when Ronnie shows everyone how incredible cats are onboard! 🦋⚓️

[@MrAnthism]

We are by far a lot more that we speak English and we know that language much better than any other European country dear Laura!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Absolutely agree - it’s incredible how well educated Greek children are in English and as a whole Greece is very accommodating to foreign visitors who don’t speak the language…it was more difficult on this occasion because this particular hospital was an exception to the rule and it was very stressful to try to communicate medical terminology. But for a medical facility on the whole it is exceptional.

[@X71507]

I don't know how you tourists, obviously not used in hot weather, even decide to go visit countries with hot climate during summer period. Visiting these places at April, May, latest September even October is wonderful.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

We have lived on our boat in Greece YEAR ROUND for 5 years now 😂…safe to say we’re not ‘tourists’ - even have the visas to prove it 😛. But in truth the heat this particular summer has been NEXT LEVEL and are confident most residents - let alone tourists - here would also agree.

[@X71507]

@@SailingHollyBlue i am a resident and i believe 2022-2023 had worse summer heat. But I prefer to spend summers indoors with AC 24/7 and live life autumn (

[@SADIK19631963]

🧿👍

[@videosyoutube115]

Of course, the name 'no clothes' in the video title is just to make more audience! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SailingHollyBlue]

The overall goal is ALWAYS to reach more people….of course! Spreading the fun, spirit of adventure & happiness ❤️

[@josepmassot4696]

Ya es raro que en grecia hablen griego!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

This is true! ❤️⚓️🦋

[@glennainsworth9442]

no clothes required not that you have much to look at !!! 😂

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Haha exactly - utterly pointless wearing anything (unless you go to the shops)

[@justinchouinard543]

you all should get a pair of the translator ear buds and you will be able to understand what others are saying in another language.

[@philippeengammare6253]

I'll never understand the utility of a swimsuit and the pleasure it could bring to wear it.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Second that! Getting in and out of one all day each day in the middle of a Greek summer is horrible!

[@RO-vh8ln]

Try google translate with your phone camera, it might save you at a pinch. lol.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

I used google translate but for medical terminology and because in general being a busy place with flustered staff it seemed less useful than normal.

[@wmvaux]

Isn't there an app to translate English to Greek???

[@SailingHollyBlue]

It’s not so simple but we are looking into a better auto gen for captions…

[@SailingHollyBlue]

@@wmvaux but if you mean for us and everyday use there is google Translate that we can speak or type English into and it will speak or translate that to Greek…helps a lot! We do know the basics but in a hospital scenario where they are busy and stressed even google translate is a pain and you can often feel like an annoyance…

[@wmvaux]

@@SailingHollyBlue Yeah was meaning when you went to the hospital for everyday use, not for YT.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

@@wmvaux makes sense! Everyday Greek speaking is easy to get by on as we know a little and have become a little ‘lazy’ with so many in the Ionian speaking great English (kids included - they learn it at school) but hopsital is a whole different ball game because of the complicated medical language - I (Laura) was in tears at one point simply through frustration because I wasn’t given a certain piece of paper and had to miss a really critical scan after 2 hours of waiting but it is what it is, we’re lucky to be here in the first place and it’s got to be better than waiting for weeks for referrals like in the uk 🦋

[@wallywombat164]

Beer with no alcohol? You are a Wuss woss. 😊😊😊😊

[@SailingHollyBlue]

🤣 he’s ‘on a break’ after 5 years of next-to-zero breaks 🤣

[@jimjim8645]

Didn't even the doctors speak English?! That really sucks... Hope you're ok Laura...

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Actually the main pathologist was a young doctor and she was amazing but thereafter I got lost in translation…trying to book 5 different tests at various different locations mangled my brains a little!

[@jimjim8645]

@@SailingHollyBlue Yeah, Greece's NHS probably the worst experience ever... (but somehow at the very end ...it gets the job done...).

[@SailingHollyBlue]

@@jimjim8645 not at all - after many hospital experiences here we can say with confidence that the Greek healthcare is fantastic (especially in comparison to UK) - here it’s purely a language barrier that’s the struggle in some places but most speak excellent English 👍❤️

[@drmonstervibes]

it's strange that they didn't speak English at the hospital, most doctors should be able to and in general most Greeks can speak and understand at least basic English

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Every hospital we have visited even on the most remote islands have spoken pretty good English but for some reason there was distinctly less communication ability here….though the a&e department were mostly fluent in English probably due to the type of visitors (more holidaymakers)…it is a pretty new hospital though so perhaps that has a part to play.

[@turkishdawn1]

it is very good for you butttttt kids needs some other friends, it is not a good envionment for kids

[@SailingHollyBlue]

The boys have heaps of friends…on land, sea and online! We just spent a few days anchored next to some good buddies who have two kids similar age and they had a whale of a time…just because you don’t ‘see’ us socialising with other kids doesn’t mean they’re not there…we just respect other peoples online privacy.

[@athens_2018]

Maybe you should learn Greek. The language is on fire!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

We know the basics…it’s easy to get lazy with linguistics when everyone speaks such fantastic English…must try harder! 😂

[@athens_2018]

@@SailingHollyBlue keep on moving !!!

[@AFaraj-vc8zb]

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[@AFaraj-vc8zb]

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