Martina has arrived in Faro, wanted to come with me on the ArgoFram for a while – I’m happy, pick her up at the airport by bike (beautiful, natural shore path) and together we take a taxi along the expressway back to the harbour. She, too, immediately jumps into this world […]
The day starts well. Sun everywhere. A swell of 3.8 metres has been announced on the weather wave apps (that means 70% of the ‘waves’ are under 3.8 metres high…), but as the water mounds are far apart here in the Atlantic, between 10 and 12 seconds, and there is hardly […]
Conditions are visibly perfect, but I still check with the fishermen before heading out! – Everything is fine, so off I go towards Lisbon.
I sail far away from the shore; I don’t notice Nazaré and its monster waves and just think: do I really want to go into Lisbon? I know […]
The break day was good for me; I recover quickly. It’s supposed to be stupid on the sea outside, here on land it’s wonderful: late summer sun, cheerful people (but not overcrowded, on the contrary, they here are already mourning the summer, while I have the feeling of being on the […]
It’s an early start today, far too early because it’s still dark… But I want to take advantage of the ideal conditions to get ahead. The exit from A Coruna is tremendous: first past the hypermodern double tower, then past the oldest lighthouse in the world still in operation – very […]
Breakfast in one of the few coffee shops that open early – cocoa drink with sweet cake and curros, that’s what everyone does here (except that only I drink cocoa). This time I may stay seated and write my blog… Most important observation, again now, not just last night: wearing a […]
A morning ride with a new bike through Gijon is a completely new experience – distances hardly matter any more. Again I go to the Carrefour (where I bought the bike) and help myself to a huge food-assortment – where before I always helped myself ‘locally’, now I could pick the […]
Today I want to have a Cantabrian breakfast in the harbour café, and write my texts during it. What starts well soon ends with a sharp intervention by the owner, who rudely turns me away (‘sit here and consume so little; the lunch guests are coming soon, so go away now’). […]
This morning I go to a bakery I discovered the night before – and indeed: it is open early in the morning and tempts me with a fine selection. I stock up on various delicacies, freshly prepared, and enjoy a hot chocolate – and surprise myself at how calm and relaxed […]
During my morning walk in Port Joinville, I find a bakery that – finally – deserves the name. A little paradise! And next door, a charcuterie is already open, with delicacies so rich in fat that I simply have to strike: Breakfast and lunch in one, and as varied and flavourful […]