Season is over
Rivercafe comes ashore If you believe in signs, then we got a clear one from Mother Nature. A clear hint from the weather that it was time to end our season. As our friends made their way to […]
Mittelmeer
It doesn’t get any emptier
The last destinations of the season: Sivota, Paxos, Parga, Ammudia We’ve been very busy lately, which is why we’re a little behind with our reports. Mea culpa. We had come up with a brilliant plan for the end
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Summer is coming to an end
Sailing in Corfu When I got up this morning and felt cold, I decided to write about the end of summer and the onset of fall. It wasn’t until the afternoon that I had time to start typing—but
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Further north
Nydri Vliho, a bridge and the Ambracian Gulf The bay of Vliho, a bay behind Nydri, kept us longer than planned. I can’t remember having so many quiet nights at anchor in a row without wind and waves
Summer holidays, water and murderers
Children on board and murder in the Caribbean School holidays are the best time to visit the Rivercafe. Having children on board really livens things up for us. Hannah (9), Henri (13), Jil and Manfred delighted us with
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Strange occurrences in Greece
The Lefkada Bridges Comedy Greece is a very beautiful country and the people are generally very friendly. Especially if you speak a few words of Greek. Some points are confusing and a bit hard to wrap my head
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Summer in the Ionian Sea
Anchor bays and a chase in Meganisi We are back in the Ionian Sea. In the summery warm Ionian Sea with daily temperatures of 30 to 35 degrees and even the nights remain above 20 degrees. The temperatures
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Rounding the Peloponnese
Rion-Antirion Bridge – Messolonghi – Ionian Sea Nafpaktos was our last stop on our circumnavigation of the Peloponnese. A nice little place. But when our milk turned sour from the constant swell, it was time to leave. We
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3 pearls and an ex-oracle
Galaxidi Delphi Trizioni and Nafpaktos As we continued our journey through the Gulf of Corinth, we only stayed on the Greek mainland side. The destinations on the Peloponnese side are less interesting and there are no good anchorages
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Corinth: The most exiting 3 meiles
Corinth Canal I’ve been looking forward to this the whole trip: the passage through the Corinth Canal. Ka had already sailed through the canal as a backpacker on a tourist barge at the tender age of 18, with
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