thinkingaboutitsailing 
In April, we landed in Germany to start our adventure and pick up our boat. Upon landing, we received notice that the boat wouldn’t be ready for a few more days. We used the time to start shopping to make the boat our home and also to see a bit of Berlin. We may have … Read more
We kept seeing these 5 euro plastic bottles of wine for sale and had to try one. Not amazing…but won’t kill you either. Quite low on alcohol (i.e. watered down) so a bit like drinking low alcohol ribena
With only light winds to help us along, we arrived in the closest of the Aeolian Islands, Vulcano at night, and found a place to squeeze into one of its protected habours and anchor. The place was alive with music from a club or a bar onshore, but we decided after a long day on … Read more
Best red of the trip so far. We drank this with a very nice meal in Tropea. It was quite heavy (like a merlo) but went well with the heavier food of the region
Smooth but quite a heavy red. Nice, but a bit too much for the med during summer
Passage from Sardinia and Turtle rescue! As we were nearing Sicily, we saw a loggerhead turtle flailing on the surface. We watched him for a few minutes, and realized something was wrong. Daniel went out to the turtle on one of our paddle boards to see whether he was caught on a fishing line, while … Read more
Interesting drop. A slightly bubbly white. Reminds me a lot of a wine I got on Paul Edwards stag weekend in the Barossa
We stopped into Marsala to get our watermaker installed, and the owner of the watermaker company recommended La Marinara for lunch. A great tip! The restaurant offers a new menu each day, based on the fresh fish and seafood they were able to buy. All our dishes were exceptional, including grilled local red mullet and … Read more
