We enjoy our freedom. But still, the farewell weighs on our hearts… I accompany Martina to the airport train, which takes her over the almost eight-kilometre-long bridge, across the strait between Malmö and Denmark, directly to Copenhagen Airport.

We make it short, a kiss, the door closes. The train departs.

I go back […]

The clouds have cleared and we enjoy our breakfast on the harbour quay between the harbour master’s cottage and the ArgoFram. But how do we go on? Where do we want to go?

We are toying with the idea of visiting Christiansö again, the island we had to leave in a hurry […]

We enjoy the amenities of this harbour in the middle of Kalmar – in general I would like to add that Sweden offers excellently developed guest harbours; we take a shower, prepare our breakfast and warm up lunch, meet the harbour’s purser, chat a little and learn in passing that the […]

It was clear to both of us when we woke up that the journey would take us south around Sweden – as far as Martina can come along, we’ll see. Cool!

We refuel – me petrol and she the first (and last?) rays of sunshine. We have a potentially long way to […]

A new day, and the sun is peeking through a bit… So we go to the little town (which was highly recommended to us to visit) and take in the lovely atmosphere – pretty little houses, feel-good atmosphere, pure relaxation.

We stop at a stylishly designed coffee shop and are not disappointed: […]

Departure; we take another warm shower, ask the harbour master to be sure about the upcoming lock passage into the inland water (today’s Lake Mälaren) to the island of Björkö, and say goodbye. Soon we reach the lock, and we realise that our harbour master’s information unfortunately does not correspond to […]

When I wake up, it doesn’t look good at all: Clouds of fog pass by. For half an hour you can’t see anything, then it opens up until the next fog bank covers the island like a cap. – I consult the weather apps, but instead of clarity there is only […]

The weather is good, the sea is clear, so I can navigate the islands without any problems. Intuitively, I decide to moor in the harbour of Degerby on the island of Föglö in the archipelago of Aaland. Here, too, people are busily working on the opening of the season; hotels and […]

Off we go. I sail out of the harbour of Miiduranna carefully – take another deep breath. I am ready, yes I want to, and my ArgoFram, this splendid example of a floating experimental laboratory, carries me to the next exploration trip.

On the other, Finnish side of the Baltic Sea, I […]

I’ve hardly arrived and I’m already rushing Marko… I want to see the ‘new’ ArgoFram! Marko has made some changes and additions: the roof frame has been newly welded, then the ‘step’ in the rear of the boat (which should provide more speed) has been removed or filled in. And last […]