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kwilenacat
Jul 10, 20228 min read
Venice by dinghy, Slovenia and back to Croatia
Slovenia has a population of 2.1 million people and is a highly developed country. Slovenia's currency is Euro. It took 30 seconds to do...
kwilenacat
Jun 25, 20228 min read
Croatia - so much to see 😉
Ha, ha, ha - so love this pic. Sven being so easily distracted. We did not know that we stopped (yet again) in front of an Croatian FKK...
kwilenacat
Jun 9, 20227 min read
Albania and Montenegro - Christmas in June?
These are not already Christmas decorations. ... we were wondering the same when we saw these in the shops....We were told that St...
kwilenacat
May 20, 20227 min read
Italy - someone is missing
Alberobello - details further below. We have travelled to Italy many times before but were keen to spend some time in the Puglia region...
kwilenacat
May 1, 20229 min read
Sardinia to Sicily, smoke on the water
We left Sardinia in the morning and passed these fishermen. Very idyllic. Soon after, the wind started to pick up and was stronger than...
kwilenacat
Apr 8, 20225 min read
Spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is. It is time for us to say goodbye to Sardinia
.... and just like that the winter is already over. We love the smell of Spring and seeing the blossoms everywhere. Now that Spring is...
kwilenacat
Mar 7, 20226 min read
Starting to get itchy feet to continue our adventure
Port Flavio. See comments further below. Life on the Pier We have spent our 1st Winter on our floating home. Sven still finds things to...
kwilenacat
Dec 17, 20213 min read
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎶
Here in Cagliari/Sardinia, like in many other places, it is definitely starting to look a lot like Christmas. 🎄🎅🦌. The Italian...
kwilenacat
Nov 28, 20216 min read
Buongiorno from our Winter location Cagliari / Sardinia
Since our last blog we continued our journey South, along the East coast of Sardinia. We stopped in Santa Maria Navarrese, a nice coastal...
kwilenacat
Nov 4, 20216 min read
Sardinia - 'O sole mio
O Sole mio Che bella cosa na jurnata ’e sole, n’aria serena doppo na tempesta! Pe’ ll’aria fresca pare già na festa... Che bella cosa na...
kwilenacat
Oct 21, 20216 min read
Hello from Corsica and Elba
Leaving the Cote d'Azur, we had the option of a bumpy ride due to high waves but good wind or a windless day with flat waters the...
kwilenacat
Sep 24, 20218 min read
We are not sure where we will end up but we are on our way
A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” — Lao Tzu We had a great crossing from Mallorca to Barcelona. We...
kwilenacat
Aug 29, 20214 min read
Home is where the anchor drops
We can't believe it, we are already living 6 months on the boat. It really feels like home and is a great way to travel. No airports, no...
kwilenacat
Aug 5, 20214 min read
Covid in Ibiza
Question to our blog readers: Where are the straps of the mask attached ? Well we read that Covid cases are really going up in Ibiza but...
kwilenacat
Jul 19, 20214 min read
Sex on the beach ?
Sex on the beach or Mojitos? These are the kind of hard decisions we have to make these days 😊 Just for those who don't know, Sex on the...
kwilenacat
Jul 4, 20215 min read
The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish
The water is so clear that we are able to see lovely fish from the boat (plus our anchor chain marks). We are also able to see the...
kwilenacat
Jun 19, 20215 min read
Med sea - new adventures await
We checked out our Marine traffic Vessel link from blog tab "where we are" and discovered below photos on the link. We were stunned as we...
kwilenacat
Jun 6, 20214 min read
Atlantic - keep going South until the butter melts
We have continued our journey South with the goal of being in Gibraltar by June 6th to install our Solar panels. Fingers crossed this is...
kwilenacat
May 21, 20216 min read
Atlantic Ocean - Olá from Portugal
Our trip going from Spain to Portugal was a little bit more challenging this time. You may remember that we anchored at the Cies Island...
kwilenacat
May 12, 20213 min read
Atlantic Ocean - Hola from Spain
We are still heading along the Spanish Atlantic coast and have stopped in Marinas or anchored in a bay somewhere overnight. We really...
kwilenacat
Apr 29, 20213 min read
Atlantic Ocean - France heading South to Spain
Below a picture from the kitchen window :-) We left Les Sables and headed South along the Atlantic coast where we had to go under our...
kwilenacat
Apr 20, 20212 min read
France - Au revoir Les Sables
We did a last few goodbyes, finished some improvement/maintenance items, cleaned the boat, added some stickers (to show port of...
kwilenacat
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Appeasing Neptune and christening KWILENA
There are 2 ways to christening a boat. Pour the champagne overboard to appease Neptune while splashing some on the boat hull. An...
kwilenacat
Mar 24, 20211 min read
France-Les Sables d'Olonne
Handover of boat, preparing the boat and getting ourselves ready. Handover went okay and or first night in new bedding was amazing....
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