Aeolian Islands 13,000 people have chosen a somewhat remote place to live. North-east of Sicily you can find the Aeolian Islands, the Islas di Eolias in the original. Seven of the islands are inhabited and they offer a …
Sailing in Italy – Sicily Before dawn we set our mainsail in Sardinia and set course for Palermo. Two days, one night and 200 nm lay between us and the largest island of the Mediterranean. For the first …
Sailing in Italy – Sardinia 32 hours after leaving Spain, an incredibly friendly marina crew welcomed us to Italy. In Calasetta in the southwest of Sardinia, where we were going to weather the approaching storm. We had made …
Report from Offshore Crossing Almost always we write about places or arriving somewhere. But there are also the long days in between and today we want to report about them. From Menorca to Sardinia we had a little …
Mallorca Part 3 – Menorca Ah, the superlatives. They are used so often and carelessly. But in the case of Cabrera it is different. The small nature reserve in the southwest of Mallorca is a superlative. A perfect …
Mallorca – Majorca We have arrived in Majorca – or Mallorca as it is called correctly in Spanish. If we only had European readers, it would certainly not be necessary to write more about one of the most …
Ibiza I’m sorry but it’s going to be a bit more boring this time. Nothing really exciting happened on our journey from Valencia via Ibiza to Mallorca. More nostalgic. But I’m happy to do my duty as chronicler. …
Valencia – dream city on the Mediterranean The names of Spanish coasts usually go hand in hand with great promises: Costa del Sol or Costa Blanca are enough to make you dream. There are 17 named coasts around …
