We left Turkey and sailed back in extremely good winds to Lesvos, stopping by at Mystegna bay for a swim before heading into a harbour of a town called Mytilini.
This is probably the largest town I have seen on the islands we have visited so far! And there is another castle here too (castle seems to be a prominent landmark in all the places we have been visiting the last few days)!
Interestingly, the harbour is located just next to the main road, which has high traffic of cars and motorbikes, so the moment we step off the boat, we are on the pedestrian walkway lining the main road.
The streets are also vibrantly filled with young people, even as I write this close to midnight while tapping into the wifi access of a cafe located on the main street about 10m from our boat.
Not sure if having the harbour so close to the main road and crowds is a good thing, as we experienced an interesting episode this afternoon while we were relaxing on the deck of the boat after doing some grocery shopping.
We were chit-chatting when we got distracted by 2 policemen riding a motorbike along the pedestrian path, who subsequently stopped near our boat and was looking into the water for something.
Tuula suspected that they were looking for a knife in the water (a result of watching too much TV dramas! haha..). One of the police subsequently came by our boat and asked if we had seen a motorbike which fell into the water (Is he serious?!?).
I asked him when did this happen, and he said just a while ago. As we had been sitting on the deck for at least the last hour, we of course said no.
Within a couple of minutes, we heard the sound of the ambulance roaring and then went past us to the other end of the harbour.
The policeman quickly made his way towards the ambulance, while I looked through the binoculars to see what the action was on the other end of the harbour (Yes, I was being a busybody, but it is not everyday that you hear of a motorbike plunging into the water!).
Unfortunately all I could see from the binoculars was a crowd and the police around a boat. I was too lazy to walk towards the boat to see more, and can only guess that someone must have been injured from a presumably plunging motorbike and is now lying on a boat waiting for medical attention and waiting to have his / her testament taken!
Hopefully no boat got damaged!
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