Thinking about boosters, and renewed our medical Insurance

Pretty quiet day for us yesterday. It was supposed to rain all day, but by 11:00am it was still not raining, so we decided to take a chance and hop on the bikes and go to a grocery store about 6 kms (3.5 miles) away. 

6 kms uphill all the way! And with a bit of a head wind. At least it was paved. And it made for a pretty easy ride back to Max, although we sure got our exercise on the way up.

And, I forgot the phone, so no photos of any scenery along the way. 

Hardly saw the sun all day until ten minutes before it set when it gave us a bit of a show...

Nice sunset.

I renewed our travel medical insurance for another couple of months.

We are on the Heymondo Long Stay Plan. You have to sign up for an initial three months and the cost of those three months is $319 USD ($3.55 USD per day) per person. 

But when you extend when those three months are almost up, the renewal price drops dramatically. We are now paying only $68 USD ($2.29 USD per day) per person per month for the balance of the one year policy. It's actually pretty cheap as far as travel medical insurance goes. 

Valid anywhere in the world, including the USA, and you can even sign up after your trip has already begun.

Minor detail, but you also save 5% because you are a Travel with Kevin and Ruth reader!

And speaking of medical stuff, there are a couple of younger Germans here trying to get booster shots in Greece. It turns out that it can be done. Anyone can do it... you have to go to any KEP Citizens Service Center (most larger towns have one and all cities have several) and register to get a temporary AMKA number. Everyone is accepted, however it can take up to 21 days for the registration to be effective. Once registration is effected, you can go to any pharmacy for your shot. Registering in more populated areas should make it faster than 21 days, but no guarantee.

So, we're thinking about it. Part of the problem is that we only plan on being in Greece for about another three weeks at the most. Then we will be in Turkey. But we know that we can't get a booster shot in Turkey, and we will be there for close to three months. The problem of course, is not knowing what changes in policy around the world will affect our future travels when we are ready to leave Turkey.

Here in Greece, anyone over the age of 60 is considered unvaccinated 7 months after their last shot. We are now at the 5 1/2 months mark, but it's kind of irrelevant because we will be out of Greece by the time we get to that mark.

And, the EU is recommending a booster at six months, and considers you unvaccinated at nine months. Despite the fact the the European Union makes recommendations to the individual countries, the individual countries still make their own policies. They are far from united in that regard, as you can see from Greece already having different rules.

So, we'll see. It's not a priority for us, so we'll probably just let it slide and deal with it when we absolutely have to. Or, if we see ourselves in a town in the next few days where we can register, then we'll probably just do it... even though of course, it would be better if we just stayed away from anyone!!

In the meantime, we are headed out for some fresh air and exercise before the rain returns after lunch. 

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