Happy sailors
Three very happy sailors.
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Sailing west
After a couple of days in Helsinki we are off towards the Turku archipelago and the Åland. Margit and Christian are on board and we are having some great sailing time. It seems that they attract adventures for us and Akka. First there was the thick fog in Tallinn bay…
Helsinki hospital
I have done my back in and am under a somewhat subdued mood. I have no idea what caused it but it is painful to walk or stand. So, off to Helsinki hospital. A very short wait got me to a very friendly service. In the end they just prescribed…
Helsinki after Hel sinki
Crossing over to Helsinki
Shortly after our big fucker passed us in the fog, the visibility improved rapidly and we were back in glorious sunshine. We fucked up royally setting the spinnaker but managed to retrieve it after 15 minutes. Good thing actually, as the wind picked up in those 15 minutes and we…
Visibility – poor
We left Tallinn at 8am in wonderful sunshine and no wind at all. An hour later some wind set in and we set sail with course for Tallinn. At 09:30 some very thick fog set in and the visibility was down to less than 100 meteres (some say it was…
Margit & Christian
Eagerly awaited guests arrived yesterday. Margit and Christian had to drive straight through from Vienna to Tallinn to make our planned departure to Helsinki. And they made it with an hour to spare! What heroes they are. You can tell that they look a little bit tired.
The food of Tallinn
We don’t know what caused the Tallinn cuisine to veer off from many other ex-eastern-block countries into such high quality, but the food of Tallinn is plain excellent. It is not just that there is good cooking, it is not just well prepared traditional meals. The chefs here create fantastic…
Tallinn
Having spent a week here this year and almost a week last year, we feel confident in saying – we like Tallin a lot! It is not just the fact that the old city is breathtakingly beautiful, it is also that the non-historic parts are hip, the people are friendly,…
Tashi & Felix
Guests on board! Tashi and Felix came for a city visit to Tallinn and we had a few great few days together. Sightseeing, lounging about and Tallinn-dinners every evening. In fact we had such a great time that Tashi stayed a day longer. This was not planned though. At the…