A brief view back
Here we go! When a person is about to take a new, completely overwhelming step into uncertainty, a brief look back is therapeutically valuable. That day is today. We have now sold our beautiful house and literally left […]
Preparations
Everything will change
Leopard in shutdown I have hardly digested my celebration champaign – to the news that the Rivercafe delivery date is confirmed – and everything is already different. The South African government has decreed a shutdown until April 16th.
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Corona changes everything
Travel preparation with pandemic This corona bastard ruins everything. Sure, it affects everyone, even if some people take longer to figure it out. In Germany, toilet paper is sold out, in France red wine and condoms and in
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Only 100 days to go
Travel preparations in times of Corona It`s a magic number. In 100 days we take over the “Rivercafe” and our full-time sailing life begins. Ka counts the days until we leave Luxembourg, that is 16 less. In theory.
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200 days to go
Our last winter in Luxembourg The weather has turned gray. And cold. At night there was already the first frost. The trees have thrown off their leaves and in the evening it’s time for the fireplace and red wine.
Last Christmas
Go sailing – let it go. It’s Friday afternoon. A sentimental Friday. For the very last time in this house we took the Christmas decoration out of the boxes. It’s not even Advent yet, but Holger is a
Extreme sailing contrast: Cat and Mono within one month
Can it be more extreme? Foreword by Karin: Speed is your friend. When I read Holger’s article, I thought: Well, there’s something else that needs to be explained. Let’s say the setting. The fact is that Holger is
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300 days to go
The empire strikes back – if it’s not too busy. It starts in 42 weeks. Over 500 times I have written the number of remaining days in the steam of the shower and now you can call it
When is enough enough
How do you know you can go? It was a wonderful morning when I woke up in the small bay in St. Johns (USVI). We anchored in crystal clear, warm Caribbean water. The sun was just rising and
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400 days to go
About wine tastings, engines and Facebook. It will probably take significantly days less before we leave Luxembourg. In 400 days the Rivercafe is handed over and we put our heads on “Rivercafe” pillows for the first time. The