Irgendwas ist ja immer…
We arrived in the British Virgin Islands (BVIs for short) from St. Martin and cleared in in Spanish Town on the island of Virgin Gorda. We then doubled back a little to visit The Baths, some strangely beautiful rock formations on the southeastern corner of the island.
Continue reading “The Baths – a picturesque giant’s playground”
Everything’s ready and we’re really about to sail across an ocean … See you on the other side !
Hey everyone,
as some of our dearest stalkers have already noticed, we arrived on Sal in the Cape Verdes yesterday. Now Serenity is lying peacefully in the bay in front of us and we are drinking cold coke at a bayside restaurant of our new friend Obama. 🙂
More updates soon…
While we are stuck here in Sciacca anyway – we have to wait for a new starter motor to arrive, which should hopefully happen today – we had lots of time on our hands. We used most of it to enthusiastically waste it – lying around, reading up on sailing theory, practicing tin whistle, using the WiFi to download more music and audiobooks and also doing nothing at all. But we also took a day to explore the city. Continue reading “Lost places, episode 1: Sciacca”
To all of you patiently waiting for news: We have actually left Licata this noon and have finished the very first real bit of the journey to spend the night in Porto Empedocle. The way here was refreshingly boring. Daniel was still working to recover from our Goodbye-Licata-Party yesterday evening. Kai did “Skipper of the day”. And I was mainly lying around in the cockpit and got my stomach acquainted with the waves…
Thinking about it for another moment: AAAAAAAhhhh we are really doing this. Continue reading “Chapter 2: Goodbye Licata, Caribbean here we come!”
While we are still waiting more or less patiently for our motor (by now we nicknamed him Godot) our Serenity is really taking shape. Today I installed the last bit that was missing in our bathroom: a tiny ventilator that will prevent certain odors to accumulate … Continue reading “Bathroom details”