166. Kefalonia
When we were sailing in the south of Lefkas, we already saw the next island in the Ionic Sea in front of us: Kefalonia, also known as Cephallenia, Cephallonia or Kefallinia. So that would be our next destination to explore! The sailing trip from Lefkas to Kefalonia was only 10 miles, so we were there in […]
165. Lefkas
We spend quite some time at the island of Lefkas, because there is so much to see! After exploring the islands of Paxos and Antipaxos, we sailed into the direction of Lefkas (in Greec: Lefkada) and in this blog we will describe the 10 highlights of visiting this area! 1. Preveza We arrived in the […]
164. Paxos and Antipaxos
After a great start in Greece, sailing Corfu, what would be our next destination? We could sail south, where the beautiful islands Paxos and Anti-Paxos were. Or go the mainland which is east of Corfu, where famous cities Sivota and Parga are. When you travel by bott, nature decides your trip planning most of the […]
163. Corfu
And just like that…you sail into Greece! After a great time in Albania, we crossed over to Greece. It only took an hour to sail from the south tip of Albania, Sarande, to the north coast of Greece. Back to the euro, but the language is still hard to understand and read 😉. Since it […]
162. Visiting the Netherlands
Two times a year, in April and October, we leave our catamaran and go to the Netherlands to visit family and friends. I also have assignments for training, workshops or speaking at a seminars. This time we went to the Netherlands in the beginning of October for 12 days, in which I had 6 days […]
161. Albania
After exiting the country of Montenegro, we came closer to the border with Albania. So far, any sailor we met told us: ‘Don’t go into Albania, we heard nothing but bad news from sailors’. We asked about these stories, and they were about: no services or place for pleasure yachts (only 1 harbor), minefield in […]
160. Montenegro – part 2
We enjoyed the Bay of Kotor a lot and climbing the Castle was the literal highlight! We sailed on and found more beautiful spots along the coast of Montenegro. In part 2 we will describe this part: Budva We visited Budva which has a beautiful old town, and like in Croatia this is called ‘Stari […]
159. Montenegro – Bay of Kotor
After our experience of sailing in Venice, we sailed south along the coast of Croatia where we had been sailing for 4 months. We visited places we skipped on our travels then in Croatia and could now visit on our way south. Our aim was to arrive in Dubrovnik, where we started our adventure sailing […]
158. Venice
Now that we were at the top of Croatia (region Istria), it is relatively short distance to sail to Venice: 60 nautical miles. With an average speed of our boat of 5 nautical miles per hour, we could do this in 12 hours. And that was exactly our plan and what we did (see the […]
157. Istria: sailing Pula, Rovinj and Poreč
We sailed further and further to the north of Croatia, because after Zadar, we passed the islands of Pag and Cres and crossed over to Istria. This is the northernmost province of Croatia and also the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. Istria is shared as a peninsula by 3 countries: Croatia has the largest […]