Spring in Patra-3

  More flowers

Covid vaccination

 I am getting the Pfizer Covid vaccination: first shot on May 20, second shot on June 10.

Back story
I needed a temporary AMKA number (like my USA social security number) which I got logging into this website:
https://emvolio.gov.gr

• I needed to fill out my Father and Mother first name
• Tax number
• Nationality and passport number
• a Greek cell phone number (my Dutch phone number was not accepted)

After 3 days a SMS was send with the temporary AMKA number, with instructions to apply online reservation after 9 days.

Which I did, but it send me to a Taxisnet login page for which I did not have a a login name and password.

A friend of mine told me that I could do it without the Taxisnet login at a pharmacy. 

Which I did, this morning. It took 5 minutes.

Mars Rover

https://twitter.com/i/status/1386427190242287619

Spring in Patra-2

 In the garden

Mars Rover

First flight on a different planet!

Mars Rover

 

Mars Rover

 Sometime next week the helicopter should be flying....

Spring in Patra-1

 

Mars Rover

 Almost ready for flight attempt...the little box left of the Perseverance rover.

Mars Rover

Safe & sound on the surface of Mars: the #MarsHelicopter, Ingenuity, has survived the first cold night on its own, a major milestone for the small rotorcraft because surface temps can plunge as low as -130 degrees F (-90 degrees C). https://t.co/IqrL757Peg pic.twitter.com/MkSe1UNLKG

 

Apr 05, 2021: Patra

Here a map of the local train

My running day strain top is Agia
My walking days train stop are Bozaitika, Agya, Panachaki and Agios Andreas.

The farmers market in downtown Patras was closed all of March, I went to check last Saturday and it was open! Good.
There was a navy or a coastguard ship (not sure which) docked in the harbor .

with a small yellow submarine on deck.

Yesterday I went running (first time in 17 days, tendon problem) and I saw 4 more navy/coast guard boats.

Bonus picture: Ship yard