After Seville, we pressed on to Granada, in particular, to see the Alhambra. We loved Granada. The city was impressive with an obvious and prevalent culture of family. People were out day and night together and enjoying family time. It was one of the most social Spanish cities we have seen and we loved it there. Below is…
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Spanish Adventure: Seville
Our journey to Spain this time began with an industrious few days of sightseeing and Flamenco in Seville. The city is vibrant and young, while its history is old, gorgeous, heavy. The interior roads of Seville are forbidden to cars (though some parts were open to taxis or horse-drawn carriages) so arriving to our apartment was…
More Portugal…
I can’t help myself. Portugal was really beautiful. Portugal was rustic and proud. To watch the Atlantic roar and thunder from the “other side” was awe-inspiring. Did I mention we had never seen the Atlantic from the east before? Funny thought. I know it is a great big ocean, but there was something familiar and…
Exploring Portugal
(Sophia’s mini-research project on Portugal has been quite helpful over the last 10 days over here) Woa. Portugal is beautiful. We landed in the evening to meet Tony after a day of racing and our first adventure of this school year has officially begun! We were greeted by wild peacocks and friendly locals and loved the…
Summer Reading and Back to School
Summer is our favorite time to catch up on personal reading. Sophia and Oliver read a great deal this summer snuggled on the porch cushions or sprawled out at the beach… I’m happy to share their reading lists, as it always helps me to know what other kids their ages are reading… we have received some great book…
Where Did We Go?
We were a little loose on where exactly we would go with the kids this past year. Europe was fairly well-planned, but boat-living was (and HAD to be) organic, flexible. It had to FLOW. It wasn’t until late May, when I sat down with the kids, thinking about our end-of-year projects and we decided to make…
Boats and Birthdays
“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.” — Madeleine L’Engle Turning 48 this year was mostly peaceful, full of natural beauty and much joy! We left Coconut Grove and anchored off Key Biscayne on birthday eve. Tony and I watched the sunset from the bow…
Christmas Prep from Miami to Marathon
School work and art time onboard CORTADO. Miami has been full of school, holiday surprises, and meeting new friends. What great fun (and equally, great CHALLENGE) to try to create and replicate our old ways of celebrating the Christmas season without the comforts of our house, decorations, friends and traditions we know and love so…
We Christen Thee… Cortado
Built in 1973, our boat is a unique wooden-hulled Sportsman 40 HUCKINS. check out Huckins Yachts here — (below is the poem we read at our christening event 5 November, 2014) CORTADO Let this be our quiet place, Our small haven from the noise and bustle of everyday. Let us find within these walls of…
Preparing for Life on the Water
This is a fabulous example (thank you artist Andy Whitlock) of our situation right now. We have lists! So many lists. Ok not exactly. We have one main list that Tony organizes, monitors and soundly revises and then there are the 14,000 lists that are in my head. All scattered, un-alphabetized and jammed with worry…
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