Dolce Far Niente

Public Transport Albania Style To get to Tirana, we left Spacegrazer tied up at the port in Durrës. Early in the morning we set off for the bus station. Pretty soon we were lost so we asked a passer-by for directions. He kindly walked us all the way there as it was hard to find […]

Albania Baby! Up until the last minute, we had not been entirely sure about visiting Albania. We went back and forth on our decision before we decided to just go. Albania had been completely closed off from other countries until the early nineties – the fall of the communist regime. We had heard that tourists […]

Poor Beau got stung by a sea urchin today. On our way back from the lovely sandy beach on Kolocep island, Beau went into the water from the quay side to rescue a little plastic toy. He was not wearing his surf shoes, so he took care not to step on any sea urchins. But […]

Under the Bridge To get to the waterfalls in Krka National Park we had to go up a river and cross under two bridges. As we had only gone under a bridge once so far (Rion Bridge in Greece near the Corinth Canal), it is still an exciting thing to do for us! So, with […]

Things the kids were into this month – Games: Catan Junior, Ludo, Mimiq, happy families, Beverbende – Reading. Yes, finally, reading! They all love the Captain Underpants and Dog Man comic books. Beau really reads most of it, while Kai and Zoë enjoy looking at the pictures and have memorised a lot of what we […]

Friends’ Reunion We met up with our friend Rebekah in the small town of Luka on Dugi Otok. On the way there, we realised how special it is for us to sail to a place where we actually know someone! Exploring is great, but having someone waiting for you on the quay to take you […]

  We landed on the tiny, car-free island of Ilovik. A beautiful path took us from the uninhabited bay where Spacegrazer was anchored to the little town. Along the way we passed stone walls and olive groves. We saw massive spiders in huge webs. One of them was in the middle of a late afternoon […]

Swimming Season Has Started Spending a few days in a lovely bay near the sleepy hamlet Artaturi on Losinj. The kids enjoyed swimming, swimming and swimming! Oh, and we had a few ice creams too…   Bianca Kindler

My Third Birthday on Spacegrazer Today starts the last year of my thirties! This is also the third birthday that I am celebrating on Spacegrazer. It feels pretty special. It might sound cliche, but the best present is waking up with my loved ones on our boat once again. I don’t really have a wish […]

Oma and Opa Arrive My parents flew in from The Netherlands to sail with us for a bit. I thought this was very brave of them since they are not that into boats, or used to being on one… The kids happily squeezed into one cabin so that ‘oma en opa’ (that’s Dutch for grandma […]