Back in Europe
Viva Espana – Rivercafe in Europe Here we are again. After three years in the Caribbean, the USA and the Bahamas, the Rivercafe is floating for her third birthday for the first time in the Mediterranean. Its her […]
Doldrums, storms and nasty surprises
Rivercafe Atlantic crossing It was May2 2023 when Ka and I released the lines of Rivercafe in Fort Lauderdale and threw them on board. Unusual, because normally we are on deck when we leave a dock. This time
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Pay first – then Europe
VAT handling for the EU The Rivercafe has arrived in Europe. After almost 6000 km, Rivercafe – after an orca attack – enters the Mediterranean Sea today at noon through the Strait of Gibraltar. In fact, Tarifa in
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Bahamas – Florida
Bimini, Fort Lauderdale and ship maintenance Now it’s over, our time in the Bahamas. After almost three months, 5 island groups and 18 locations, Bimini was our departure from the Bahamas. We are left with the turquoise memories
Bahamas Berry Island to Bimini
Goodbye Bahamas Bahamas Berry Island to Bimini A normal Bahamas Cruising Permit allowed us to stay for three months and we used almost all of that time. We are now in Bimini, our last Bahamas island. We were
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Exumas to Nassau, New Providence
Bye bye Exumas Shortly after our farewell to Mary&Joe and Susan&Brat, Charlene&Karl announced themselves in Shroud Cay. Ka had designed the logo of their “Nala” and so we postponed our departure to see the result live on the
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The end of the Exumas and the end of the world
Our last days in the Exumas We have only a few days left in the Exumas before we move on to Part 4 of 6 of our Bahamas trip, to New Providence with its capital Nassau. Saying goodbye
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Bahamas Exumas 3
Exumas National Park Enough of pigs and James Bond, our friends back on the plane and good weather predicted – these were plenty of reasons to leave Staniel Cay. Our next destination was Exumas National Park. We stayed
Bahamas Exumas – Georgetown to Staniels
Bahamas – Visit from friends Our days in Georgetown were coming to an end and we made our way to Emerald Bay, one of the few marinas in the Exumas. We were looking forward to a visit from
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Bahamas – Exumas
The Georgetown Community Did I actually write in the last article that there is less wind in the Bahamas than in the Eastern Caribbean? What nonsense. I guess we had the lure, in our first two weeks. Since