Santuari de la Mare de Deu de Bonany near Petra on Mallorca In 1113, the year when the Order of the Knights of Saint John was founded...

Avignon on the Rhone with the famous Bridge and the Papal Palais to the right The Rhone is not the longest river discharging into the...

Can’t write about La Provence without mentioning Herbes the Provence, a vital ingredient of modern cuisine. Learned about these aromatic...

A Royal Navy Ship of the Line in Story Weather (Artist Impression from 17th Century) We write the year 1707. A British Fleet of 21 ships...

Westminster Abbey in the Heart of London, built in the 13th and 14th Century Most people come to England for job opportunities or its...

The Italian looking Village of Menton - ceded in 1860 as Price for the Unification of Italy I know nobody who does not love the Provence....

The French call it their crazy wind. Strong, cold and dry, it blows regularly down the Rhone Valley - except for the summer months. It...

Was plotting the course for our second week of sailing and looking for quiet bays to stay overnight. Would be a lovely to anchor for one...

Toulon Naval Base, two years after the Scuttling of the French Fleet on 27 Nov 1942 In November 1942, London was shrouded in the worst...

Fréjus on the French Riviera looks like a typical Provencal town. A quaint medieval center, the mandatory yacht harbor and long, yellow...

North-Western Coast of Corsica with the typical Mediterranean Shrub Forest Sailing along the rocky shores of the Mediterranean is always...

View over Monaco. In front is Monte Carlo, at the back The Rock and Port Hercule In Jimmy’z, Monaco’s glamorous and famous night club, a...

One of the Rose fields around Grasse About ten kilometers north of Cannes lies the old town of Grasse surrounded by hills which lead to...

These Peppers were sold in the Cours Saleya, Nice' weekly market One of the pleasures of being in France are the weekly village and town...

The Piazza dei Cavalli in Piacenza where the Claims Clearirng took place four Times a Year Early January I wrote a blog “Bankers are good...

This Bottle of Rosé from Portquerolle made it to St Barthélémy . Describing Rosé from the Provence feels like carrying water into the...

Most careers are made when someone steps into a difficult situation and resolves it. In our second week of sailing, we will visit Toulon,...

Fresh Goat Cheese with Zucchini and Olive Oil does not require Cooking but is so good During our first two weeks of sailing, we follow...

Legend has it that the French Riviera was discovered in the 18th century by wealthy, noble Englishmen who were on their grand tour...

When strolling through Nice, you get the distinctive feeling that the architecture is Italian not French. The old town and the...