Hello again friends. In our previous post we continued exploring the magnificent city of Cartagena. The city managed to transform its long history into very accessible tourist attractions, combined with good shopping, excellent restaurants and friendly people. It was however time to move further West again. On Monday morning Nov 27, at the crack of […]
Hello friends. In our previous blog we left Ibiza and sailed via a few anchorages on Spain’s East coast to the Mar Menor, where we stayed 10 days at anchor at Los Nietos to visit magnificent Cartagena by train. In that blog we focussed on the Carthaginian (Punic) period when the city was founded. However,
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Hello dear friends. In our previous blog we took on the challenging 340 Nm sail from Tunisia to Mallorca, met up with our friends Jonalyn and Victor and explored the “Dalt Vila” of Ibiza. In this blog we will sail further to the South-West to Cartagena, mainland Spain. Leaving our anchorage near Dalt Vila (Ibiza
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Hello again. In our previous blog we described the last leg of our roundtrip in Tunisia, visiting Jasmin, Hammamet, Tunis and finishing in ancient Carthage the capital of the Punic empire 650–149 BC. Back on the boat we said farewell to our Tunisian friends Ramy and Kawthar and prepared for the 340 miles sail to
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In our previous blog we explored the area South of Sousse like the amphitheater of El Jem, the ancient city of Mahdia, and Monastir, a popular wintering hole for cruisers. Today we continue North towards Tunis and we decided to drive via Marina Yasmine Hammamet some 10 km South of Hammamet city. Little did we
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In the previous post we drove back North in Tunisia and explored the medina of Sousse, a city of great wealth during ancient times. Today we will explore the area South of Sousse and our first stop is the amphitheater near El Jem. Thysdrus, present day El Jem, became the centre of olive oil production
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In our previous post we drove further South in Tunisia and deeper into “Berber country”. We explored a few Ksars, especially Ksar Hadada where “The Phantom Menace”, a Starwars movie, was shot. In this post we will explore Toujane (A) and drive North, to Sousse (D) where we booked a room in Dar Badia for
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In the previous post we sailed from Sicily to Bizerte in Tunisia, visited friends we know from Abu Dhabi en drove a rental car to Kairouan, Islam’s fourth holiest city. We continue driving South, deeper into Berber country. Chili peppers drying in the desert sun waiting to be milled in Bouhajla (D on the map
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In our previous blog we joined a street-food tour in Palermo and provisioned the boat for the onward journey. On Sep 22, 10.00am looking back to Palermo, feeling sorry we had to leave and feeling sad because of the wildfires in the surrounding hills. We have witnessed too many wildfires in the tourist areas around
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In our previous blog we walked among the dead in the Capuchin Catacombs, ate pastries made with centuries old recipes from the nun’s of Saint Catherine Monastery and visited stunningly beautiful churches. Now we rush through the narrow streets to our meeting point for the “evening street food tour”. The first glims of our meeting
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