Parador De Baiona Pontevedra

Feeling like a couple of drowned rats since having set ashore on the Continent, we felt it time to head south to Portugal with all haste. Having awoken to another damp morning, in Luarca, we quickly packed up and hit the road. Several hours later, and we found ourselves in Portugal, pitching our tent (the first time since leaving GB) on a pretty much deserted site (save for all ...

Vigo was our last port of call on our cruise and I had given this place little thought and done no research, so it came as quite a pleasant surprise. Its a big place and quite spectacular when viewed from the height of the ship.. We didn't get chance to look ...

Today I´m headed for Vigo on the Northwest coast. Madrid has been good although tiring. It rained yesterday so I spent the afternoon at the Prado Museum. After that I walked forever, took a few pictures and ate some ice cream. If you´re ever in Madrid I recomend the Museo del Jamon, ham and cheese sandwich + beer = 2euros.

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Crew Schedules and Hours

We had a crew change today. It occurs almost every other Friday, where two crew go home for a month and two other crew arrive.

Most large yachts operate seasonally for their owners or are available for charter. In both these situations, there are periods of time when the crew can return home to visit their families. Since we live aboard our yacht all year long, the crew doesn't have the ...

Today our port of call was Vigo, Spain. It is in the Galicia region (northwest) and it is quite beautiful. It rains there a lot, but we had a beautiful sunny day. We had hired a guide to show us the area. The highlight of the day for me was going to a castle. It was amazing… both the building and the ...

... river as it cut its way through the hills. It reminded us very much of some of the Rhine tributaries, such as the Moselle. Cruise ships and pleasure boats were chugging up and down stream, the hills were forested at first but then covered in terraced vineyards. This is the area of the Vinho Verde, the young white wine so popular in Portugal. Bridges are few and far between, but what there are, are great feats of ...

... to it very easily!  So finally this brings us to our current haven, I think we will spend another day here before we head south through Portugal. The drive from Astorga was long and varied with some stunning roads and scenery, very hilly as we passed along, 'green Spain' but when we finally spotted the sea we knew it was the right choice. As we got closer the clouds disappeared and the afternoon sun shone off the sea, it was the perfect setting we had been looking for.

Today we headed south.  When planning this trip I got Cadogan's guide to Northern Spain and it had 5 areas in it that shouldn't be missed in Galicia.  One of them was Tui (pronounced 2-ie) this town is on the river Mino which is the border between Spain and Portugal.  The bridge that connects the 2 countries was designed by Gustave Eiffel.  Valenca, the city in ...

Notre marche de Tuy par O Porino, Redondella et Ponte Vedra Top 5 de la vie de pelerin 1- payer 3 euros pour coucher 2- manger du spagat parce qu on peut se faire a souper 3- Avoir de cordes a linge deja installees (pas piege a con!) 4- Spirit du pellerin...ca chante, ca souffre...tout le monde ensemble 5- Se rendre compte que meme si on a passe 30 ans, on est encore les meilleurs (hi!hi!)

... de Ria uit en zien de oceaan al spoedig opdoemen. De wind blijft, maar met een goed reefbare genua gaat het best. Wat een verschil met vorig jaar waarbij we nauwelijks wind hadden, wel erg relaxed, maar dit is echt zeilen. Als we meer naar bakboord uitgaan zien we de eerste contouren van het eiland Ons, ook vorig jaar met de mannen bezocht. De wind draait meer naar Noordwest waardoor de aanvaarboeien van het eiland niet meer aan lager wal liggen. Als wij na 4 uur zeilen een ...