Oban

We’ve had arrived in Oban recently and it takes me some time to get used to being on the land. I keep on hitting to people on the streets, not my best behaviour  I was so happy to see my good friends Tac & Cem who came from Istanbul to greet me on my arrival. I found later on that their journey was disrupted so it was a pure chance that they’ve arrived on time to the pontoon when we got there. It definitely is a very nice feeling to have a homely hug at the arrival. Makes one feel all the hardship of the previous weeks disappear. Although I must say I wasn’t really talkative as I was super shattered and even when I talk I made super funny Turkish sentences and expressions, which reminded me of the similar expressions I’ve used on the boat in English. It won’t be wrong to say my language skills disappear in every language once I get physically tired. Oban is such a lovely wee town, and I was able to explore only a wee bit of it, as I have spent most of my time in bed trying to recover. My sleeping is nearly adjusted to a on land sleeping pattern as opposed to 3 hrs on and off sleeping at nights, but I sometimes wake up unexpectedly at the middle of the night. As someone with a very good sleeping pattern, it is a little uncomfortable but perhaps an element of adjusting from the 3 hrs on and off night sleep of the boat watch system. Few of us gathered to say farewell to Bence last night at a whisky distillery (or the name sounds so), and Juliet has already left. I’m now going to meet with Bill to help him carry his bags from the boat, as he skipped on the boat tangling to a rope during the deep cleaning event and unfortunately broke his arm. I’ll write more about the deep cleaning later on. Good news though is Cat who had an incident at the beginning of the Atlantic crossing and evacuated by the US Coast Guard is going to join us for this next race, she’s coming over on Wednesday. Today I’ll join a guided walk around the town and later in the afternoon we’ll be having the prize giving ceremony, followed by a Ceilidh.. my first one, although I’ve learned the most important steps from Kate during my refresher training, when we were cooking together for the boat, who was racing in the boat UNICEF on leg 7. Just came back from supermarket shopping, lovely to be able to eat yogurt, fresh fruits, feta, and a French baguette.. simple pleasures in life :) Must dash now, have a lovely day