Place your finger in the middle of Greece and there you will find a stone forest crowned with monasteries. These rocks reach so high that they are said to neighbor heaven. Twenty-four monasteries were built high atop these formidable stone pillars sometime during the 13th and 14th centuries where they could practically reach out …
Okay, so much for the “hospitality” post from yesterday. Things got a little crazy as we were headed out of our parallel parking spot alongside the marina dock. They sent a line handler and a tug dingy over to us as we radioed our intended departure—just to make sure we got off the dock …
We’ve officially christened the boat! Sailors are a superstitious lot—which meant we had to purge every last remnant of the old name from off the boat. Just hours before, Mark found a gas can in the locker with the old name written on it. Our daughter Chloe ran and got something to scrub it …
Καλό Πάσχα! Easter Sunday in the U.S. was Palm Sunday here in Greece and the start of an amazing holy week. The kids here get the week off of school and the town is abuzz in preparation. It was an awesome privilege to be here and to soak up the celebrations which culminates at midnight …
There’s nothing our youngest daughter Chloe won’t do on board Bedouin, she’s killing it as our Bosun.
We had to wait for a morning with no wind and it finally came. The sails are out of the lockers, out of the sail bags, and with our Bosun Chloe’s help the sail is installed and happily nestled in the lazy bag. Rookie Mistake, can you spot it? After we posted a photo of …
