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Feb 16, 2024
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
Malta
Free Again!
Gozo Malta Marinas are nice. There is a bit of comfort having Berkeley East tied to a dock. And it is convenient. BE is plugged into electricity so you can use a hairdryer, washer or microwave without running the generator. Showers can be longer, and warmer, with dock water at your disposal. It’s also easier […]
Mary’s Shoe Blog
Malta We were sitting in Malta one evening watching a lot of people go to the restaurant upstairs. There was a large metal grate across their path and one by one we saw women, in four-inch pencil thin heels, navigate their way across the grate. Some stepped heavily on the grate, some tip toed across, […]
Running into an old friend.
Grand Harbour, Malta As we entered Grand Harbor in Malta, one of the first things we saw were three giant masts rising above the fort. We wondered if it was the Maltese Falcon, one of the largest, and most luxurious, sailing yachts in the world. Sure enough, as we rounded the corner there she was. […]
A sluggish engine is better than no engine at all
Grand Harbour, Malta Sailing into Grand Harbor, Malta is amazing. With its imposing walls, it is like stepping back in time. Malta lies just 50 miles south of Sicily and we made landfall in good time. Berkeley East performed beautifully on the season’s first sail, and we performed beautifully docking her for the first time […]
“I’m Free”
After weeks of bad weather and extensive boat work, we were finally ready to leave Berkeley East’s winter berth at Marina di Ragusa, Sicily. On the big day, we once again awoke to big winds and reluctantly decided that we had to wait another day. Two hours later, all was calm, it was a beautiful […]