Mallorca, Spain Mallorca is the largest island in the Balearics, often likened to a continent, rather than simply an island, due to the variety found there. We went to Mallorca to meet up with our friends Mike and Linda on Aquila and spent more than a week traveling, on land and by sea, to visit […]
Ibiza, Spain Ibiza is known for its wild nightlife, and during August people come from all over Europe to party. Expensive clubs, foam parties, the stories are infamous. Our experience in Ibiza was great fun, but a bit more mild than the island’s reputation. We sailed completely around the island enjoying quiet calas (coves), beautiful […]
Formentera, Spain Just nine miles long, Formentera is the smallest of the Balearic Islands and has a population of 5,000. Unlike some of the other islands, Formentera’s strength lies not in history, culture or tourism, but in its landscape, with more than 60% of it protected by law. Ferries bring visitors from Ibiza all summer […]
The Balearic Islands consist of four main islands, Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, and several smaller islets. Located some 65 miles from the Spanish mainland, the islands stand at a crossroads to the Mediterranean, where they were plundered and colonized by numerous groups until Catalan settlers landed there in the 13th century. Their close proximity […]
Balearic Island, Spain During the 1990’s, we lived in a nice little suburb in Simi Valley, California. One night, we had our next-door neighbors over for pizza and realized that we all had a love of sailing and the desire to cruise the world on a sailboat one day. During the seven years that we […]
Espalmador, Spain When we left the coast of Spain for the Balearic Islands, we were unsure which island we would go to. As the winds picked-up and we made good time, we decide we could make the extra distance to Espalmador. Espalmador is a small, private island with one long white sand beach and it […]
Tangier, Morocco We have always wanted to go to Morocco. When we were at the top of The Rock of Gibraltar, we could see it, so we decided to take the ferry across and spend a day in Tangiers. We left Gibralter early, walked across the airport runway into Spain, and caught a cab to […]
Gibraltar From Cadiz we headed toward Gibraltar and through the famed Strait of Gibraltar. The strait is a narrow body of water that separates continental Europe (Spain) from Africa (Morocco), and the Atlantic Ocean from the Mediterranean Sea. It is just over eight miles wide at its thinnest point and serves as a funnel for […]
Cadiz & Seville Spain Upon returning to Berkeley East from our trip around Portugal, it was time to get moving, we had been in Portugal for almost a month. So we quickly had a passeralle (a gang plank for boarding when moored stern to the dock) fitted to Berkeley East and we headed off on […]
