We arrived in Paris early on the 21st. We had no reservations, wanting to be spontaneous. We got a tip from a gal on the plane for a nice, inexpensive hotel that still had rooms available and was close to the Arc de Triomphe. Great, we would head that way. Traveling just with backpacks we left the airport via train to the metro. We came out from underground into Paris!! We were exhausted and it was raining. Cold, wet and tired we navigated the streets of Paris quite poorly!! Lots of wrong turns. We eventually reached the hotel. No rooms. "No rooms in Paris" we were told. We sat down in the lobby to regroup. We were dripping wet. The staff wanting to get rid of us kindly sent us to the tourist office. We were ... read more

Here we are again, quite delinquent on any recent site additions. What can we say? We have been busy traveling on the 'Fahrt'. There has been some internet access issues but mostly our time has been taken up with sailing, running and hiking, eating ice cream, and watching seals, orcas, and lots of birds. Madison did manage to catch the only fish so far (it was ugly too). We left Anacortes on july 24th on the Seefahrt, this was our maiden voyage in winds 15-20 knots. The boat likes these wind speeds. We started off in the San Juan Islands, part of Washington state and bordering Canada. We made stops at several islands and locations, such as Cyprus, Obstruction State Park, Olga, Rosario, Spencer Spit, Shaw, Friday Harbor, Jones, Stuart, and Sucia. We stayed several days ... read more