It’s May 30th, rewind 42 days on this adventure, we sailed from Milna, Croatia just 20 miles down the cost to Luka Vrboska on the northern coast of Hvar. We had sailed to Milna to buy a new fresh water pump after ours had exploded violently when firing up the water maker for the first […]
I woke up and read for a little bit. Once everyone was up, I asked Mom if she could get us croissants. She said yes and went to go get them. While she was out she found a bike place that was about to close. She rented 5 bikes and we ate our breakfast quickly. […]
We woke up and we started to head over to a town called ‘Ydra’, not ‘Hydra’, ‘Ydra’. It’s pronounced Hydra though. It was about a 5 hour sail and once we got there, we saw that boats were literally anchoring on top of each other and it was complete mayhem. So we went about 3 […]
Even the word Peloponnese is beautiful. The fingers of mainland Greece stretch deep into the sea. Voluptuous mountains of red rock and vibrant succulent plants erupt with olive trees and fall off into the deepest of blue waters. From atop her cliffs, you can see loggerheads feeding in shallow water just alongside of a 500 […]
I woke up right when we started leaving the town key. I ate a hot croissant and read for a little bit. Not much happened, I just read and did stuff like that. Suddenly, while writing this blog, I heard Dad yell “WHALES!” I rushed upstairs and saw small dorsal fins attached to some 20-foot-long […]
We woke up and Dad gave us chocolate croissants. I naturally woke up way before Gherty and Che, so I had lots of time to read and chill. Once everyone was up and had eaten breakfast, we went clothes shopping. Dad had promised me a Champion® hoodie, so we went to a store that said […]
South of Corfu lie two true gems of the Ionian, Paxos and her baby sister Andipaxos. After 2 days swinging safely in a mild gale on the northwest corner of Corfu we were “free” to explore these islands we’ve read about. Lakka, Paxos is astounding. We’d not seen water this vibrant since the Caribbean. Sure, […]
We changed bays for about the third time today. Once we got there, we noticed that there was a beach made of rocks, clear water, and even a bunch of sea caves! We chilled on the boat for a while. Mom and Che wanted to go to the beach, so we decided that when they […]
Leaving Montenegro for Greece seemed a simple proposition on paper. We had a 23 hour overnight hop down the Albanian coast in store and knew we needed to stay clear of their territorial waters because of security and COVID restrictions in Greece. So, it was 12 miles or more offshore and a straight shot. The […]
The first time we sailed to Montenegro was 2 years ago on our way up the Adriatic. We crossed from the east coast of Italy’s boot heel with few preconceptions other than knowing it was a part of former Soviet Yugoslavia and was yet to be admitted to the EU so we could clear in […]