 
September
16 , 2001
Gaeta,
Italy
September 3 , 2001
Stromboli:
The Lighthouse Of The Mediterranean
August 26 , 2001
Cefalu:
Another Medieval Jewel
August
23 , 2001
Sicily:
Land of Lovely Desserts
August 15 , 2001
En
Route to North Africa
August
10 , 2001
Ormeggiatori
August
8, 2001
Supermarkets
and Amphora
August 6 , 2001
Sailing
South in Sardinia
August 2 , 2001
La
Vie en Corsica
July
30, 2001
Jonathan
Joins Us
July
27, 2001
One
Sea, Seven Colors
July 24, 2001
Say
What?
July 23, 2001
"Va
Bene"
July 21, 2001
Venturing
Into Italy
July
20, 2001
And
The Mistral Blew
July 18, 2001
The
Spell Of Menorca
July 12, 2001
Culture
And Concerts
July 7, 2001
Cha
Chas
July
6, 2001
Red
Dust
July
4, 2001
Rare
Birds
July
3, 2001
Clear
Empty Water
June 27 , 2001
Quick
Friends
June
22 , 2001
Reconnecting
June 13, 2001
Eastern
Hemisphere
June
6, 2001
A
Weekend in Cartegena
May
30 , 2001
A
Time Or A Place
May
29 , 2001
Several
Lovely Sails
May
21 , 2001
Free
At Last
May
25, 2001
On The Hard
May
18, 2001
A Boat Again
May
14, 2001
Time
Warp to Morocco
May
03, 2001
Still On Stilts in Malaga
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Clear Empty
Water
July 3, 2001
Our friends
have come and gone. We had a wonderful time as we explored inland, taking
a narrow gauge train to the only decent port on the north coast, Soller,
a charming harbor, especially when viewed from land; and driving into
the greenest mountains we have seen since we left the states, to Valdemossa,
a magnficent monastery where George Sand and Frederic Chopin spent one
not so magnificent (as she described it) winter.
We had an
equally wonderful time sailing to the cliff-ringed calas, swimming in
the warm, crystal clear water and climbing on the rocks for magnificent
views. The water in the Med is some of the clearest we have seen anywhere.
We can see our anchor lying on the bottom in over 20 feet of water. Unfortunately
there is not a lot more to see. There are few fish and, of course, since
this is not the tropics, no coral. We did find a small octopus one day.
When we dove down towards him, he squirted a large black cloud and quickly
swam away.
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