It's not really part of our European adventure but a side track by MB. New York is amazing arriving once again to see how big and busy it is,especially comparing it to some of Europe's largest cities which we have visited this year.The traffic is non stop and it's expensive.I got 'taken for a ride by a supposedly genuine taxi at the airport that I learnt cost way more than it should and on top demanded I pay 20% tip. I stayed at the Hotel Surrey,great position...

We hired an Opel van in Valencia to take surf boards golf sticks and all Janet's luggage, as she will head home after this stop. MB is heading to the US then South America to fish. We have estimated that the 650 km trip will take six and a half hours. We have to travel through the Pyrenees so we weren't exactly sure how long it would take,we were prepared to stop overnight. The roads were very good, some were tollways. We drove about 1.5 hours each at a time wi...

We arrive in one of the biggest marinas we have seen in the Meditteranean with some very large sailing and motor yachts, one 100 meters in length. The city of Valencia rebuilt this whole area to accommodate the America's cup yacht race. They held two of the challenges here, but lost the last. So the whole area is now fairly empty, but they have made great infrastructure which is well maintained. MB wants his daily swim and finds within 800 meters a huge long san...

From Nice we ventured to Menorca overnight arriving late morning in the city of 'Mao', at the east end of the island. We berthed in the marina in the bay of Mahon. It is quiet here now, the summer season has finished. The bay, as we enter is surrounded by old fortifications. The town appears to be fairly modern but has an old centre with several old market buildings and lots of tapas bars. We had to come here to check into Spain from France. We only wanted to s...

We left Corsica for a twelve hour cruise to Nice. It was bumpy to start with early in the morning, but gradually calmed down. As we came closer to Nice we saw small Tuna feeding, but we decided to head into port as the weather really started to look like winter had arrived, windy and raining. Nice Harbour is very crowded with large luxury yachts and motor cruisers. Ferries and cruise ships come and go, plus there are many small local boats. There is swell in th...