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 […]
Leaving Croatia
Croatia has been a real adventure. We saw a lot of amazing things and got visits from family and friends which made it extra special. How do we compare it to other places we’ve seen? Bianca and I have been trying to sum it up. Perhaps we got spoilt in Greece with the ease and […]
Day in Dubrovnik
Early Birds We got up early yesterday to get the 6:45 ferry into Dubrovnik from the island of Kolocep where we are anchored. Being a Unesco heritage city steeped in history and of course the set of GOT’s King’s Landing – we weren’t going to miss this opportunity. City Wall Walking the city wall is […]
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Stung by a Sea Urchin
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 […]
Korcula
Sitting on the wall Korcula is a beautiful medieval walled town, situated on a small peninsula. We arrived in the bay close to town early, dropped anchor and left Spacegrazer to go exploring. It was a hot day and the sea looked more attractive to the kids than the town did. So Max had the […]
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Krka Falls National Park
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 […]
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The Kids this Month – June 2018
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 […]
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Laid-Back Luka
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 […]
Scary Weather
Running from the big bad bora We were caught in some scary weather yesterday. We had read the forecast the night before: wind picking up in the afternoon, with thunderstorms. This particular wind is called the bora, and it tends to blow stronger in the northern Adriatic, where we are now. The anchorage we were […]
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Idyllic Ilovik
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 […]
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Summer is Here
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…
Dodging bullets
Where’s backwards? We have been having some problems finding reverse. Meaning that when putting the throttle back it wouldn’t always engage first time. After getting advise from a friend, I checked and changed the oil in the gearbox and inspected the throttle cables. However, the problem didn’t go away. Rummaging So I did some more […]
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Another Year Older
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 […]
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Family Visit
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 […]
Beau is Seven
Pancakes Pancakes is a tradition with us on birthdays. Today was presents then pancakes. Beau was literally jumping up and down with excitement. We love to indulge it. The boat is covered with birthday decorations and balloons. Another tradition onboard, regardless of age. Beau 7 In the last year Beau has learnt so much. His […]
Day before Beau turns seven
Beau’s excited Today is officially known as the day before Beau turns seven. He is super-duper excited about it. Has he told us? About a million times. Opa en Oma We are also preparing for Opa and Oma to come. Boat things needed to be cleaned up, moved around. I even unwrapped the new pressure […]
Pickup in Pula
Getting Here We had a lovely sail down to our pick up, Pula today. There was just a gentle breeze from astern and we had the sails up straight away. Our boat is not built for speed and we were overtaken by, well, everyone sailing the same course. Many of the boats had kevlar sails […]
Mouths of babes
Conversation with Zoe today She told me, “I’ll never forget you.” “Forget me?”, I asked concerned. “Yes, if you go away on a long holiday”, she replied. “Oh”, I said somewhat relieved. “Or once you’re dead.” Terrific! Out of the mouths of babes… Reaching Rovinj So, after filling up with diesel at the dockside we […]
Umag
The weather was still settled and we choose to hang around Umag for another day or two. I rowed into the marina and picked up the connector for the outboard fuel line. It’s all working again. In the evening we when onshore and took a car/train thing along the coast about 5km. The whole shoreline […]
Crossing over to Croatia
Piran looked a pretty place. We stuck our nose into the harbour and it looked pretty busy. After several days of slowing down, busy wasn’t really high on the agenda. So we changed plans and decided that crossing over to Croatia was the thing to do. Everyone’s told us that the Croatians are sticklers for […]