Sailing holiday in Stockholm Archipelago

From Höga Kusten we took the train down to Stockholm and enjoyed the company of old friends.

Then we boarded our rented sailing boat in Rindö (close to Vaxholm) and headed out to see for a wonderful week of sailing.

Our route was Rindö-Grinda-Finnhamn-Möja-Ostholmen-Lilla Nassa-Finnhamn-Idskären-Edö (visitng Björn!)-Grinda-Vaxholm-Rindö.

Carcassonne!

Finnhamn:

Ostholmen:

Lilla Nassa:

Idskären:

Sailing in Bohuslän

First week of August 2009, I went sailing in the beautiful archipelago of Bohuslän on the Swedish West Coast. With me was my beloved Femke and friends Rut & Sander.

It rained the first three days, but then came sunshine and tropical heat. Unfortuantely, we had weak winds all week, but we still managed to do some sailing. And we met friends Lotta & Per and Morgan on the way.
Not to mention that we saw lots of seals, a few porpoises, a mink swimming between two islands, a rare Atlantic bird (I think it was a storm petrel) and a fish with its fin poking through the surface - I believe it to be a Sun Fish (mola mola).

You will find lots more photos here.

Sailing in Eastern Netherlands

Just a quick entry while Femke is sleeping next to me – don’t want to wake her up with the clicking of the keyboard.
We have both worked a lot lately, Femke worked all Saturday and I was busy with the layout of Hypoxia until 2 o’clock this morning.

But today, our holiday started – yippee! And what a start. Blue sky and brilliant weather greeted us when we arrived ro Herwen in Eastern Netherlands. Here, we are visiting Cor and Anneke, relatives to Femke.
After a nice fika in their garden, we went sailing in a lake with their boat. Lovely! Then a witbier on a terrace, later some delicious food and an evening walk in Elten in Germany, which is just a short drive away from Herwen.

Tomorrow we are continuing to Nijmegen.