{"id":3893,"date":"2025-08-15T12:42:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/?p=3893"},"modified":"2025-08-15T12:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:42:15","slug":"16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/","title":{"rendered":"16 August 2023 \u2013 Kos: Peter and Leandro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Still a little sleepy, I set off for Kalymnos, sail to the best spot in the harbour, stop there for a while (no more than an hour, warns the harbour master), stroll through the old town and enjoy an ice cream. This is where the famous sponges sold at all the tourist hotspots in Greece are supposed to come from&#8230; But that was once upon a time. There are still sponge divers, but the waters around this island have been almost completely cleared; even the sponges sold here come from the Far East.<\/p>\n<p>I also reach Kos via a strait east of the island opposite Turkey. The new marina is huge and top-notch: three competing, good restaurants, a service centre with washing machines and even a fitness centre&#8230; A short walk takes me to the main town at the old harbour \u2013 where I am overwhelmed by hurried tourists who always seem to be missing something in this place. Mass tourism is the order of the day here, with hardly any peace and quiet or relaxation. And here, too, the restaurants are packed. However, the prices are moderate, as you&#8217;d expect with such large crowds. There&#8217;s something for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>In the marina, I squeeze into the last available spot between a sailing boat and a small motor yacht. This is where Peter lives! Peter was a \u201clieutenant at sea\u201d, but he retired long ago and enjoys remarkable health. With him is Leandro, his grandchild. They spend the summer here and travelling together; Leandro is learning something that hardly any other child gets to learn so thoroughly \u201cen passant\u201d: a thorough education as a sailor.<\/p>\n<p>I discuss the weather forecast with Peter&#8230; Very changeable at sea. My journey to Rhodes and on to Crete is likely to be exciting&#8230; So I&#8217;m enjoying my short stay in Kos, playing along with the tourist attractions, and preparing myself mentally for some \u201ceventful\u201d days ahead.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-begegnungen-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>16 August 2023 \u2013 Kos: Peter and Leandro - Circumnavigate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"16 August 2023 \u2013 Kos: Peter and Leandro - Circumnavigate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Circumnavigate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-15T12:42:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kos.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1832\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"816\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Circum_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Circum_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Circum_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/88667f08c1ff49f151989800116ea36f\"},\"headline\":\"16 August 2023 \u2013 Kos: Peter and Leandro\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-15T12:42:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":499,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/CNE-Kos.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Begegnungen\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\\\/\",\"name\":\"16 August 2023 \u2013 Kos: Peter and Leandro - Circumnavigate\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/CNE-Kos.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-15T12:42:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/88667f08c1ff49f151989800116ea36f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/CNE-Kos.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/CNE-Kos.jpg\",\"width\":1832,\"height\":816},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"16 August 2023 \u2013 Kos: Peter and Leandro\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Circumnavigate\",\"description\":\"Daniel Meili\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/88667f08c1ff49f151989800116ea36f\",\"name\":\"Circum_admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/886221d4912715288353ea494fa7895e65342f87d21dece0b56218538b94c904?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/886221d4912715288353ea494fa7895e65342f87d21dece0b56218538b94c904?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/886221d4912715288353ea494fa7895e65342f87d21dece0b56218538b94c904?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Circum_admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/circumnavigate.blog\\\/en\\\/author\\\/circum_admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"16 August 2023 \u2013 Kos: Peter and Leandro - Circumnavigate","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"16 August 2023 \u2013 Kos: Peter and Leandro - Circumnavigate","og_url":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/","og_site_name":"Circumnavigate","article_published_time":"2025-08-15T12:42:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1832,"height":816,"url":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kos.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Circum_admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Circum_admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/"},"author":{"name":"Circum_admin","@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/88667f08c1ff49f151989800116ea36f"},"headline":"16 August 2023 \u2013 Kos: Peter and Leandro","datePublished":"2025-08-15T12:42:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/"},"wordCount":499,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kos.jpg","articleSection":["Begegnungen"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/","url":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/","name":"16 August 2023 \u2013 Kos: Peter and Leandro - Circumnavigate","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kos.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-15T12:42:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/88667f08c1ff49f151989800116ea36f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kos.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kos.jpg","width":1832,"height":816},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"16 August 2023 \u2013 Kos: Peter and Leandro"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/","name":"Circumnavigate","description":"Daniel Meili","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/88667f08c1ff49f151989800116ea36f","name":"Circum_admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/886221d4912715288353ea494fa7895e65342f87d21dece0b56218538b94c904?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/886221d4912715288353ea494fa7895e65342f87d21dece0b56218538b94c904?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/886221d4912715288353ea494fa7895e65342f87d21dece0b56218538b94c904?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Circum_admin"},"url":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/author\/circum_admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3894,"href":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3893\/revisions\/3894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}