There’s a ton to see and do in Miami. I’ve been three times, exploring different parts of Miami each time. I’d break it up into a day for each place: Miami proper, Key Biscayne to be outdoorsy, and Miami Beach for the scene! Eat So Much Food Miami is the best place in the US…
Starry Horizons was in Las Palmas in the Canary Island for two weeks. The majority of our time has been spent doing boat projects and preparing for our Atlantic Crossing, but we did have one day to get out for some fun activities. Muelle Deportivo de Las Palmas We docked Starry Horizons at this marina,…
We have now completed almost 1,500nm on Starry Horizons and are happy to report that all the issues we’ve been having are relatively minor. So for those of you hoping for stories about having to climb the mast in 30 knots of wind to retrieve a halyard, we can’t share those with you (yet, we still…
We lived aboard our boat in Minimes Marina for three weeks! While most of our time was busy with the outfitting projects Uchimata was working on, we were getting settled into life in a marina. Bike Shop I have been running errands during the day. Wednesday I went to a bicycle shop. We purchased two…
We had a few weeks of free time while living in La Rochelle, we took off for Paris and Amsterdam, but also wanted to get a taste of the small, coastal French towns, and that led us to the nearby Île de Ré for a weekend. Why Visit Ile de Re? Ile de Re is…
While waiting or our new boat, Starry Horizons, to be launched from the Fountaine Pajot factory, David and I did some trips around Europe. Neither of us had been to Amsterdam, so we took off on the train from La Rochelle to Paris, and after a few days in Paris took the train to Amsterdam….
While waiting or our new boat, Starry Horizons, to be launched from the Fountaine Pajot factory, David and I did some trips around Europe. We started by taking the train from La Rochelle to Paris, a 3-hour trip. This was my 5th visit to Paris, and a city like Paris is full of so many things to…
La Rochelle France would not normally have been on our radar for a tourist visit, but we are here to pick up our new home and adventure-mobile, Starry Horizons, our Fountaine Pajot Helia 44. Like all things related to boat buying, the process wasn’t quite as it had been explained to us, so we have…