Watching the sun set up north means spending hours looking out for birds. At this time of the year, it also means baby birds! BTW, i was paddling along at a steady space near Rödlöga, when an eagle swooped down towards a swan and some baby chicks. There was a…
The first time that I have seen an Austrian flag in a Swedish guest harbour. I feel honoured!
Is it getting boring to come here again and again? I personally don’t think so. Beautiful sailing day with loads of tacks. 2 tired sailors arrived to a sunny Lilla Nassa that is set for a great sunset.
It started in grey, turned rainy blue, changed to a bright blue and finished with a red crescendo. It was a beautiful day with a grand finale.
What a lovely little natural harbour. A bit nerve racking to come in for the first time (2m depth), but an extremely well sheltered little bay with nice Swedish house for a cockpit view.
I am so often at Vaxholm, that it feels like a second home. It certainly is my huvudstad of the archipelago. And it has the Kaffekuchenhaus!
My sister has arrived on board Akka. We will have a week to explore the islands and it looks like we are getting lucky.
A friend of Bexi’s is currently with her boyfriend on a sabbatical-we-tour-the-world-in-a-year holiday. As she got appendicitis in Thailand, they came back to Europe to finish their year in Scandinavia. And what better idea than to come to Sweden and visit Akka! It was a very “gemütlicher” Abend” and inspiring…
A lazy afternoon just south of Gällnö. I decided to kayak to Hemfladen and go for a beer there. However, as I was paddling along, I realized that I really need a shower and that it would be very unsocial to turn up very smelly. So back I paddle.
Just a short hop from Möja is a very nice bay and perfect for the weather forecast. So, we go all the way into the bay to be nicely sheltered. Only problem, the wind does not seem to know about the forecast. At 1am it was supposed to be 2…