Category Archives: Spain – Barcelona

August 2 – 12, 2023 — August was filled with more boat projects, time with friends in Barcelona, and friends visiting from Boston. At the end of the month our friend Ken arrived to join us for some sailing.  One … Continue reading →

February 10 – 12, 2017 – Friends John and Eileen arrived in Barcelona with plans to join us to go explore the Spain’s Basque region and Rioja wines.  First, we enjoyed a weekend in Barcelona celebrating the Feast of St. … Continue reading →

January 7 – 31, 2017 – The first week of January was spent getting the boat and ourselves ready for us to leave Quintessa in Greece for several months.  We were off to Barcelona, our second home in spirit.  We … Continue reading →

Feb – April, 2015 — It is hard to believe that as we write this update, we are staging to leave Barcelona, Spain to begin our second season in the Med.   Barcelona for the winter was not in our original … Continue reading →

January, 2015 — OK, so we thought we would sign off on the blog until our spring sailing resumed, but we have found there is just too much of interest to not share it.  The Christmas season in Spain has many … Continue reading →

November, 2014 — On Nov 5th we headed back to Boston and spent almost three weeks seeing family and friends.  It was special time, especially with Sara’s father.  We even made it up to Maine for an overnight with Bob’s … Continue reading →

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2014 — After a night at sea, motor sailing with little wind, we arrived back in Barcelona and our home for the next six months.  Barcelona’s weather is similar to South Carolina.  It is still warm by … Continue reading →

Sept 8 – 10, 2014 – Today was an adventure in trying to find the right Policia office to get an extension to our Visas.  After a bit of time on the internet we thought we had the correct office and address and … Continue reading →