Babies

Babies came for a visit earlier today! Very excitedly they stormed across as they thought we would provide them with breadcrumbs or something. It seems the babies are a favorite of all sailboats here and get the odd tit-bit. When a new boat arrives the hurry in a flock of…

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Change of crew

Bexi left yesterday morning for Vienna. Bye, bye Bexi. It was great having you on board. Looking at the photos on the blog, one would think we had a lot of great weather. I hope it will be better at the end of July. Victoria arrived late in the afternoon…

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A culinary day

After a hearty breakfast of bacon and eggs we decided to stay on the theme and have this n’ Törtchen in the early afternoon. For dinner it was salmon steaks with rice and potato salad. And since the Törtchen were of a substantial size we decided to make the salmon…

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Back to normal

After a couple of not-so-nice days we are having a wonderful evening on Akka. The sun has come out again and we are sitting on deck watching the sunset and listening to a live performer from the marina bar singing nice cover versions of some classics pop songs. Life is good!…

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Scandinavian weather

Unfortunately Bexi is also experiencing the Scandinavian weather during her visit. It is her her 4th visit to Sweden and only yesterday she saw the first rain. It was a lot of rain though and the forecast for today is not much better 🙁 Time to snuggle up, read a…

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Guests on Akka

Bexi has arrived and broken my very long spell of solitude. How nice, how wonderful to have somebody on board. And what a beautiful day to arrive too. Stockholm has presented itself from its sunny side and daughter has made use of the Scandinavian sun in the best way.

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On the Autobahn

The end of the midsomar weekend means that thousands of people return from the archipelago to Stockholm. All in their boats! It was a beautiful day but  alas no wind, so me and all the other sail-boats joined the motor-boats and headed back towards civilization under engine. It was an…

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