Yearly Archives: 2014

Cote d’Azur

Posted on September 21, 2014 by skippy526

Saturday/Sunday, Sept 20 – 21, 2014 – Having survived our first major storm in the Med, with the skies now blue, we started east again, motoring with almost no wind.  This coastline of France is beautiful.  There is little development.  … Continue reading →

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Holy Mistral!

Posted on September 19, 2014 by skippy526

Friday, September 19, 2014 – It is Friday afternoon and the skies near Toulon, France are blue and sunny.  This is not what it looked like a few hours ago. Bob was up until almost 3 am last night getting … Continue reading →

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Pomme Frites

Posted on September 17, 2014 by skippy526

Tues, Sept 16, 2014 – Enjoying a cup of café au lait in the cockpit this morning we watched the Duane (French Coast Guard) slowly approach our boat.  It did not take them long to discover our arrival in France!  … Continue reading →

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Nous sommes arrives!

Posted on September 15, 2014 by skippy526

Sept 13-15, 2014 – It is time to move on from Barcelona if we are going to see France this season, but we will be back.  We have adopted Barcelona as our home for the winter and are looking forward … Continue reading →

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Independence Day

Posted on September 11, 2014 by skippy526

Thursday, Sept 11, 2014 – Checking the weather to leave this morning we found that it had shifted and we needed to delay for two more days before leaving to cross the Gulf of Lyon.  That particular area of the … Continue reading →

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Visa Challenges

Posted on September 10, 2014 by skippy526

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 →

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Visitors

Posted on September 8, 2014 by skippy526

Saturday/Sunday, Sept. 6 – 7, 2014 – Our niece Lauren and Mark joined us for a day of sightseeing.  We headed off to show them the central market with the vast variety of vegetables, fish and meats.  As an American … Continue reading →

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Exploring Barcelona

Posted on September 4, 2014 by skippy526

Wed/Thurs, Sept 3-4, 2014 – We explored our new city further with the Barcelona Hop on/Hop off tour to get a better understanding of the layout of the city.  Barcelona is the capital of the Catalunya region of Spain.  The … Continue reading →

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Barcelona Living

Posted on September 2, 2014 by skippy526

Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 – A day of accomplishments – we found and ordered a passarelle for the boat to use when docking Med-moor style in Europe (it is the ramp you walk across to get from the boat to … Continue reading →

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Gaudy Gaudi

Posted on August 31, 2014 by skippy526

Saturday/Sunday, Aug 30-31, 2014 – We went walking and found the central market with fresh fish, 25 types of olives from all over Spain, and fabulous fresh fruits and vegetables.  We also found the market that has hot baguettes.  Good … Continue reading →

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