So, we left the Šibenik town quay after talking to the port authorities. They said we had to leave Croatia, and come back. The reason they told us this is because after eighteen months in the EU (we hadn’t been there for 18 months straight, our boat had) you have to start paying taxes. So, […]
How do you get a family of five from Charleston, SC to Trogir, Croatia in the middle of a pandemic? Slowly. How do you get a US documented boat out of Croatia and back to Croatia, without creating an immigration fiasco? Quickly. We began our preparations to return to Madame Geneva earlier in the year, […]
In the last blog, I left off at going to sleep after Mom told us an Italian folktale. The next morning, we swam and had lots of fun. The reason we called this ‘Quinn’s Bay’ is because I found it on the app where we find anchorages and it didn’t have a name. Che and […]
After a year of being on land, away from the gentle breeze and crystal-clear waters, we started prepping for our very first sail. We left the marine and waved goodbye to Trogir. Trogir was quite different from all the other places we have been to. Usually the places that have been in war are incredibly […]
We got into Trogir, Croatia, at around 5:00pm. We rented a car and drove to our apartment. We couldn’t find it at first, and almost got stuck in between two walls. A nice local saw us and helped us back up the car until we were out of that alley. He then told us to […]
The plane ride was very long and tiring but we ended up in Croatia! Before the plane ride we all sat in the car with Mom on the phone, waiting to have our test results revealed. One by one our tests came out negative and Quinn, being the last one, was so worried when they […]