Learning our ABCs – 2

Position: 48°17’45.8″N 4°04’29.1″E From Clémency we made our way to Luxembourg City and spent a few hours walking around its centre. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg exists mainly as a tax haven. Albeit with some very pretty places to visit. …

Learning our ABCs – 1

Position: 50°00’05.7″N 5°44’52.3″E A is for Ambition “Tempus fugit!”, said the man as he threw his alarm clock out of his window. Our clock was ticking. Aleta is on the hard and waiting for parts. She’s also waiting for us …

The Battle of the Bulge

Position: 50°10’32.9″N 5°31’19.3″E Rather than flog a dead horse, here’s what happened with the propellor. It’s been removed and we are patientily waiting for its replacement. As someone said, “If you use things they break.” And in this case, our …

Den Helder, Holland

Position: ///MONKEY.ELEVATE.RECLINE Bright and early the sun over Cuxhaven slashed through the blinds and roused us. Slack water wasn’t due until mid-morning, so we lolled around making coffee and finishing the crossword. With 30 minutes to go, we moved Aleta …

South to Cuxhaven

Position: 53°52’29.0″N 8°42’22.5″E Back to adventuring! If you’re going to deny reality (and who doesn’t want to deny reality at the moment?), then sailing is a perfectly plausible excuse for doing so. Our heads are too full of boaty things …

Honoring Bob Kemble

POSITION: 41°23’57.2″N 73°57’58.4″W “Spring at West Point”, Ginger said, “is grey and depressing.” Sure enough, barren trees covered the hills surrounding the United States Military Academy and the cold, cloudy weather felt more like February than mid-April. Only a clutch …

Friendships

Position: 54°18’39.4″N 9°40’56.9″E Friendships form the backbone of our emotional lives. Aesthetes and rock stars may argue that love is life’s spinal column. But love, like time, is fleeting. Even the most passionate relationships will fail if the parties fall …

Der Zwischenzeit

Position: 47°35’22.4″N 122°22’47.4″W Der zwischenzeit: literally ‘the time in between’. In English we would say ‘in the meantime’. I like the literal translation. That’s where we have been for the past couple of weeks. Somewhere between here and there. Our …