Reggio was surely one of the least attractive places we've stayed since the boat was new. Right on the highway and the railroad tracks, run down buildings everywhere. But "only" Euro 80 for the nigh ...

The big news this morning was that our long lost package has been found. It is on board the other Amel 55 in the harbor, Fortuna, which is owned by an Australian by the name of Paul. Paul received a ...

We're sailing upwind in about 11 knots, heading North to Catania on the East Coast of Sicily. The sun is shining and it's reasonably warm - things are good. This is Kincsem's second day of sailing t ...

I estimate there are at least 100 boats here in the marina which call themselves "liveaboards". That means that they have - mostly - given up living on land and moved on their boats. Most of the ...

I'm sitting in the waiting room of the local gas plant in Ragusa. The objective is to have our French butane gas bottles - "les cubes" - filled. If successful, it would be a first outside France. ...