Yesterday afternoon we arrived in Norfolk, a real "US-navy" town at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay ... a large bay with beautiful nature where we spend the next two weeks with Mira's mother and aunt Helen (sister of Mira's...
Florida ... large shopping malls and beautiful nature
Florida is a state of extremes in that respect. The whole of America is. There are huge shopping malls everywhere with mega-large parking lots and lots of shops, open on Sundays and sometimes even open 24 hours a day like...
Day of shopping!
Hello everyone. We are now in a hotel. Driving there took three hours. Before that we went into the shop after the other shop. Today I only ate 3 things: a small piece of French toast, 3 squid candies and a little...
Shuttle launch and amusement parks in Florida
Yes, we're in America!!! All on our own keel and we're proud of it. What a country! We've both been here before, so it's not unknown. But as part of this trip compared to...
Crossing to Florida.
It was 2 days sailing to Florida. The first day we caught a barracuda. (With a new hook because the other 2 were bitten off by a big fish.) The second day the sea was a bit wild. We...
The beautiful underwater world of the Bahamas
So, this is the story of our 2nd (and last) week in the Bahamas. Most Americans and Canadians we meet here spend months there, but most of them don't get any further than this. They find...