At the moment we are in Baiona; the last Spanish place we visit before we go to Portugal. Last week we made very quiet and short sailing trips on sheltered water, which will be different soon, because....

Ria de Arosa is a very beautiful Ria. We have had wonderful days here last week, together with the Valentine, the Barbarossa and the Nebulea. The Ria is a bit more to the south again than the previous Ria and that's just...

We've been in Portosin for over 5 days now and that's a long time for us to do so, so it's starting to tickle to move on and it looks like we'll be going to Portosin tomorrow afternoon....

We are in the marina of Portosin in Ria de Muros with good facilities such as a good internet connection and good washing machines. Today we are busy with all kinds of jobs. The girls do school first and Mira helps them....

We have four wonderful days in La Coruna that for the first time feel like the real 'departing' life: messing around on our own boat, swimming in the harbour, hanging out with other departing boats and children going back and forth to each other...

We arrived safe and sound in Spain after a trip of 57 hours. The last 28 hours we only sailed with in the beginning wind force 3 to 4 and the last few hours wind force 6 to 7 with gusts...

We are currently sailing on the Bay of Biscay and are already well over half. The weather is fine. The wind is coming from behind and was very weak at first so we motored. But now such a wind force...