Lagos, Portugal is located about mid-way sailing from Gibraltar to Lisbon. It’s a lovely town with a very busy marina, Marina de Lagos, which is used by most of the vessels plying between Northern Europe and the Mediterranean. We could…
La Línea de la Concepción
La Línea de la Concepción, a Spanish town just across the border from the British territory of Gibraltar, is a nice though somewhat sleepy place. It’s more of a dorm room town to Gibraltar where many people who work on…
Return to Alicante
We first visited Alicante in 2015 while sailing our former Amel, Euros 41′. We enjoyed the town so much that we always wanted to return. Alicante is such a vibrant town with a great culinary scene without being overly touristy!…
Mahón to Alicante, Spain
We left hospitable and beautiful Mahón taking course to Alicante, sailing around the southern shores of the Balearic Islands: Mallorca and Ibiza. We started with nice and sunny weather which followed us all the way to Alicante. Sailing…
Mahon, Menorca
After our first gale experience on the boat, we reached Mahon, Menorca. As its name implies, it’s the smaller of two main Balearic Islands. At the same time, it’s a great place to visit and enjoy the archipelago as it…
Visiting Tétouan, Morocco.
This morning we took a 20 minute taxi ride from Marina Smir to Tétouan, We visited the medina, the old town, which is an amazing maze of small and narrow streets. All along those streets one can find fresh food…
Comfort food.
Since we’ve got our propane system fixed, tonight I was able to satisfy our craving for some Southern, comfort food. After visiting 2 supermarkets we gather all ingredients and then I could get down to cooking. Taking into account the…