Corfu, Greece We had about two weeks left before we needed to start looking for a weather window for the trip back to Sicily, so we decided to pop down to Greece. When we left Montenegro on a 24-hour passage to Corfu, in the Ionian Islands of Greece, there were a few clouds in the […]
Montenegro Just a day sail from Croatia, Montenegro is a country of great contrast. Rugged, dramatic cliffs in the interior give way to a long sparkling coastline. Trendy beach clubs and restaurants share a view with rustic towns. Super yacht marinas and tacky seaside resorts border internationally recognized historic sites. Montenegro has something for everyone. […]
Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina While in Dubrovnik, we decided to venture outside the box and see another part of the former Yugoslavia, Bosnia-Herzegovina. So we hired a guide and took a drive to Mostar. Bosnia-Herzegovina has a six-mile section of the Adriatic coastline that actually divides Croatia just north of Dubrovnik. This means that anyone traveling through […]
Ston, Croatia Ston has the distinction of being the town with the longest wall in Europe, often referred to as the Great Wall of Croatia. It is some three miles long, over a very high rugged terrain. We wondered why a small unassuming town would require such heavy fortification, and the answer is its strategic […]
Central Mediterranean We’ve had several friends ask us to write a food blog during our travels, but we already had the sail blog and we wondered who would really want to see pictures of the food we eat. We’ve never considered ourselves to be “foodies.” We like to cook food and we love to eat […]
Southern Dalmatia, Croatia When planning to cruise in Croatia, we worried about how difficult it would be to learn the language. We looked at translation books, mastered the basics: “Dobar dan” (hello); “Koliko?” (How much?); “Govorite li engleski?” (Do you speak English?). Once we got there, we realized that everyone in Croatia speaks English. Perfecto! […]
Split, Croatia I am frequently reminded that I only like to talk about the good side of our cruising life in the blog, showing pictures of beautiful islands and writing about exotic foreign ports, so here is an example of the other side. We have bad days too. Having put off some boat maintenance projects […]
Trogir, Croatia We were told by our Croatia cruising experts to spend at least one night on the town dock at Trogir. It was mentioned several times, with the stress on a “must do” experience. We did not know why it was so important to be on the town dock, but we have learned to […]
Vis,Croatia A marine weatherman once said, “If no one moves, no one will get hurt.” He was talking to a group of Caribbean cruisers over the radio as they asked, one by one, if the weather was good for their point of sail, but never seemed to hear him when he said, over and over […]
Skradin, Croatia Berkeley East is a “blue water” boat. She is heavy, with a deep keel, a strong “Beast” made for ocean passages. So the idea of taking her up a river in Croatia to see a waterfall seemed a little odd, especially when we realized that there were bridges over the river, one that […]
