Lagos, Portugal
After 26 months in Spain, we returned to Portugal and gained some interesting first impressions. Here and now, I’m willing…
Sailing Long Distances
Back in the Atlantic Ocean – bye bye blue water sailing
The first notable difference between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean was the color of the water. We traded…
Vaseline and the Strait of Gibraltar
Before I sat down and wrote about the well-known Strait of Gibraltar, I asked myself what I knew or believed…
Ibiza
Ibiza, Santa Eulalia, was the next challenge. This time regarding the weather, namely thunderstorms. After almost thirty years of sailing,…
Port de Alcúdia to Andratx – motoring
Well, the headline already tells what to expect for the next 157 nautical miles in terms of sailing; nothing worthwhile…
Sonrisas – saying goodbye
We had a marvelous time in the Balearics, Mallorca, and the marina Alcudiamar. I wish to say goodbye to all…
Two Austrians fleeing their country
The boat next to us was for sale, and a couple in their mid-thirties surveyed it. The two immediately reminded…
Whatsapp becomes Whatsdead
A headline in the online paper Portugal Resident: In the first ten days of August, more than fifteen people were…
A short one – una mujer desnuda
It was hot in Majorca Mid-August and far too hot in the Marina Alcudiamar. We took the dinghy, made for…