The Voyage of the Mighty Tenho: Cartagena Spain

Friday, May 31, 2013

Cartagena Spain

We arrived in Cartagena just in time to catch the beginning of “A Taste of Cartagena”, with food from all the local restaurants and live music just a few hundred yards away at the entrance to the marina. The kids have enjoyed being back in a town they remember from last fall and every day after homework they head into town to buy ice cream and go to the park.

The next leg of our trip is hopefully a non-stop sail to the Azores, so we’ve been working to get the boat ready, changing oil, stocking up on groceries and pre-cooking meals. If all goes well, my next post will be from the Azores in about 7-9 days.

Main pedestrian area in Cartagena

Hugo about to launch

Maggie

The kids' favorite ice cream store in Cartagena

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heidi johnsonJune 1, 2013 at 4:27 AM
Safe travels!!!
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John, Tessa, Hugo (12) and Maggie (9)

Having spent 10 years in DC, we moved onto the boat in June 2012, with the intent of sailing across the Atlantic to the Mediterranean for a year. As of June 2013, we've sailed from the U.S. (Annapolis, Maryland) to Bermuda, then to the Azores, to Lisbon and down the Atlantic coast of Portugal and Spain, through the Straits of Gibraltar, along the southern coast of Spain (with a quick trip to Morocco) to Ibiza, then Sicily, through the Corinth Canal and Greek islands, winter in Turkey, a few weeks in Israel, with a side trip to Egypt. After a month in the Adriatic in spring, we all sailed to the Azores, where mom, cat and kids left by airplane, leaving John and crew to bring the boat back home to the Chesapeake.