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Mar 30, 2025In Search of the Grape
Mar 19, 2025Cruising to the End of the World
Mar 5, 2025Multiple Ways to Fall
Jul 3, 2024The Matterhorn was Calling
Jun 23, 2024It All Started with a Glass of Wine
Jun 15, 2024A Different Type of Exercise
Jun 9, 2024Back In The Saddle
Sep 8, 2023Paradise with an Ocean View
Apr 30, 2023The Business Trip
Feb 28, 2023An Unexpected Adventure
Jan 21, 2023Life After Cruising
Jun 4, 2022Thanks for the Memories
Jan 30, 2022The End of an Era
Nov 16, 2021Time to retire
Oct 21, 2021The Homecoming
Oct 5, 2021Our ship came in!
Sep 15, 2021The Final Farewell
Aug 20, 20202020 Hindsight
Aug 4, 2020Navigating a Pandemic
Oct 31, 2019The new normal
Sep 30, 2019Vessels of Freedom
Sep 15, 2019Out of Africa
Sep 8, 2019Storm Watch
Sep 12, 2018Full circle
Aug 22, 2018The need for speed
Aug 13, 2018The road less traveled
Aug 10, 2018Gunkholing the Maddalenas
Oct 1, 2017Last sail 2017
Sep 21, 2017The movie set
Sep 20, 2017Ciao Bella!
Sep 20, 2017And the sun sets on another great season in the Med
Oct 15, 2016Summer was over
Sep 28, 2016The “Cool” Aunt
Sep 21, 2016Flying in Venice
Sep 21, 2016Living in the hood
Sep 24, 2015Change of plan
Aug 24, 2015Is this the Caribbean?
Jul 16, 2015Hylas Rendezvous
Jul 14, 2015You know you’re relaxed when…
Sep 11, 2015Land of ouzo and zucchini fritters
Sep 7, 2015Cocktails, sunsets and other stuff
Oct 2, 2014One more island
Sep 9, 2014From rubble to ruins
Oct 1, 2013A country of contrasts
Sep 1, 2013Learning to live in Turkey
Aug 28, 2013Saving the best for last
Aug 24, 2013When a plan comes together
Aug 29, 2013Reaching a Goal
Jul 29, 2013Anchors Away
May 14, 2013A recap of 2012 cruising season and plan for 2013
Oct 10, 2012Greece, Finally.
Mar 24, 2012A recap of 2011 cruising season and plan for 2012.
Oct 9, 2011The End of the Season.
Sep 12, 2011Sorpresas (Surprises) in Sicily.
Sep 4, 2011August in Italy
Mar 11, 20112010 Recap – Our Third Year of Cruising.
Dec 16, 2010Finally, An Update.
Sep 1, 2010Learning to Love Sangria
Sep 1, 2010Festivals in Menorca
Dec 1, 2008Thanksgiving in the Caribbean
Nov 17, 2008Caribbean Bound – Again
Aug 11, 2008Back to Annapolis
Jun 2, 2008Flying through the Gulf Stream
Dec 25, 2007Christmas in the Caribbean
Dec 19, 2007St. Thomas, Olga and the Bitter End
Dec 10, 2007St. John by Land and Sea
Dec 3, 2007More of the British Virgin Islands
Dec 15, 2006Berkeley East Arrives
Jul 6, 2006Visit to Queen Long
The Adventures of Berkeley East and Crew
What to do with eight days in Croatia
Dalmatia, Croatia We were pretty excited when we heard that our niece, Moriah, wanted to visit us on Berkeley East in Croatia. She had sailed with us on BE in the Caribbean, and also aboard a charter boat in Sydney Harbour when she was just three years old. But now she is an adult, in […]
Kuna, kuna, kuna
Dugi Otak, Croatia When we decided to return to Croatia this year, we went online to see if anything had changed since we last cruised there four years ago. We found reports from cruisers that Croatia had become very expensive, that they were even being charged to anchor. In 2012, Croatia’s prices were already set […]
Off the grid
Dalmatia, Croatia When moving Berkeley East from one country to another, there is always a period during which we are disconnected; no phone, no internet, no communication. So we try to get ahead on bills, business and blogs whenever we cross a sea. We expected the crossing from Italy to Croatia to take about 10 […]
Lost on the way to Croatia
Gargano Peninsula, Italy It is about 70 miles across the Adriatic Sea from Bari Italy to Lavosto Croatia. Not exactly a straight line, but close enough. So one might wonder how we ended up lost? The answer is simple, as we sailed up the coast of Italy to cross over to Croatia, we were distracted […]
Only in Italy
Puglia, Italy After three years in Greece and Turkey, Berkeley East’s return to Italy was met with much enthusiasm among the crew. The land of pizza and pasta has always been a favorite. Our arrival was very challenging, so we welcomed a good nights sleep, and calm conditions in the morning. But we were awoken […]
One picture, a thousand words
Brindisi, Italy Thanks to the digital age, we take thousands of pictures each year. We cannot imagine cruising the Med with a camera that has film, which requires developing. It would simply be cost prohibiting to snap the number of photos that we do, not to mention the challenge of finding some place on remote […]
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