Merry Christmas in Gibraltar (WL 25)
Finally! On the 20th of December we left Almerimar around 11 am for a 24 hours sail to Gibraltar. As I have told you earlier. Since November it is an „all or nothing“ situation. Either there are 30+ knots of…
When will we sail to Lanzarote? (WL 24)
When we came up with our idea to sail through the Med, we had a big dream: celebrate Christmas on our own boat on Lanzarote. It is our most favourit island in the Canary Islands. We have been there for…
Our visit to Alhambra (WL 23)
The highlight of our week was the visit of the Alhambra in Granada. I booked a tour beforehand and we started our day pretty early to drive the 1,5 h to the city. There we joined a guided tour and…
Loads of work in Almerimar (WL 22)
We took one last long trip to Almerimar and stayed there to do some maintainance work that was long due and absolutely necessary before we will enter the Atlantic. Finally we arrived in Almerimar! That was an important step for…
Starting to feel like Christmas! (WL 21)
During this week we travelled from Calpe to Alicante, Torrevieja, Cartagena to Aguilas where we spent several days to wait for the weather to calm down. Sailing in November/December is a challenge, but let’s see the summary of pictures as…
Sailing to mainland spain (WL 20)
NEW: From now on I will put together a small video at the beginning to show the most important photos of that week. Below you find the description of events. It was really difficult to wait for a good weather…
(Unplanned) Exploration of Mallorca (WL 19)
This week we decided to see something from the island and rented a car to go around. The weather decided to stay wet and cold, but we found places around Mallorca that are still worth visiting although sun is not…
The Weather traps us in Mallorca (WL 18)
You won’t believe it. Last week we went swimming and sat confortably in the sun chatting and having a cold beer. This week it got freezing cold with lots of wind and heavy rain. I read about it and now…
Friends on board and Happy Halloween (WL 17)
The day before my brother left the boat to fly back to Vienna. That day our friends from Tulln were landing in the evening. So much to do before they will come on board! Do the laundry, clean up, repair…
Malle ist nur einmal im Jahr! (WL 16)
Well, well, well, you might wonder about the german title as this blog is usually written in English (that also our international friends can understand our journey). It means „Mallorca is only once a year“ and origins from a German…
