Archive for December, 2008

Welcome to St. Tropez, Cote d’Azur, France

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

As soon as we got up, we started working on getting ready to go to sea. We were only making a short day hop, so getting ready went fairly quickly. When we checked out with the marina, we found out there was a 20% VAT (sales tax) on top of what we had been quoted. We wish they had mentioned the VAT before the moment we pulled out our wallet to pay.

We pulled out at 1100. We are sad to report that the fenders were all covered with a thick black slime that managed to get all over the entire exterior of the boat. It is pretty gross.

The ride over to San Tropez was (more…)

Travel Summary July 2008 to December 2008

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Monaco’s Oceanography Museum and More

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Back to Monaco

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Hiking the Alps and Visiting a Medieval Village

Friday, December 26th, 2008