Bilbao

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesAside from being a good spot to take a break, we’d decided to stop at Bilbao in order to see the Guggenheim museum. Back in the 90’s Bilbao was struggling with increased poverty and social economic problems due to the decline in mining and industry. Then along came the Guggenheim’s who wanted a museum presence in…

Adjusting to our new life aboard

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesWe’ve been living aboard Dreams of Infinity for a couple of weeks now and she already feels like home.  The freezing cold temperatures are becoming a distant memory and we even had to dig out our sunglasses one day this week. We are so glad we gave ourselves this time in La Rochelle.  In retrospect it…

Blogging – finally jumping in (splash!)

Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minuteDuring the summer of 2016 I crewed on a 40ft sailboat in the Pacific Cup which is a 2,070 mile Pacific Ocean crossing from San Francisco to Hawaii. I’m not sure why Greg and Susan were so keen to have me aboard; it certainly wasn’t for my limited sailing skills.  I suspect it was for…