Last weekend Birch and I took a mini vacation north. We traveled to Newburyport, Portsmouth, and Rockport. We do frequent Newburyport,...

We haven’t written in a while and we thought his might be the best introduction back to the blog. And now that Spring has arrived, we...

I want to start by saying I think this is my favorite island of all the islands I have been to in the Amalfi Coast, and this was our last...

Our last sail on the Mediterranean Our last sail in the Mediterranean was one of the best sails we had all week. Don't get me wrong all...

I know I have talked a lot about sweets and treats while in Italy but that is one of the most popular things to do, sit in a cafe and...

This time we went to the Porto D'Ischia, which is the main port on the Island. This is the port where all the ferries come in, and all...

Our flotilla went to Capri but we decided not to and stayed in Amalfi one more night so as not to be rushed around, and if we might not...

Like I said in my last post, we were going to leave and head to Capri but things changed. While in the skippers meeting we heard that...

We woke up in Sorrento and got a pretty good start to the day. Today we spent most of the day on the water sailing down the coast to...

I will start by saying that we finished our trip in Sorrento so there will be much more to say about it later. When we pulled into this...

Let the sailing adventure begin. Our first sail was to the west side of Ischia another island I had never heard of but did not disappoint....

When we arrived in Procida we found out our boat's name was Filomeane and it would be our home for the next week as we sailed around the...

Where we picked up the sailboat Ok, I had no idea where this island was other than in the Mediterranean Sea until we booked this trip. ...

A bit of Sightseeing ... Yes this trip was about sailing in the Amalfi Coast, but one cannot take a trip to Italy without seeing some...

Let's talk food ... We knew when we landed in Italy it was going to be an amazing time, but we had no idea how amazing it was going to...

This did not go as planned ... We are now back from our "Trip of a Lifetime" to Italy, and our plan was to blog everyday, and talk about...

This is that time of year when we get Añejo ready for the summer, but this year we decided to delay her splashing in (and because the...

Yes the Sargasso Sea, what and where is it? Well, I had no idea this body of water even existed. The last time we were flying south I...

Part of our time away we did go to St. Thomas, aside from it being where the airport is located in Charlotte Amalie, and JetBlue often...

While we were visiting St. Thomas we took the ferry to St. John to spend the day there. St. John to me is one of the most prettiest, and...