So Nia - how is being in love treating you? We just had a month of sailing in the Baltic with sunshine every day and wind at the same time. Wonderful holiday sailing in the Swedish archiplago

carsten

Hi Nia, Now I understand why it has taken you more than a year to answer my last post - you're in love! How wonderful! Falling in love does tend to distract you from the more mundane aspects of life - doesn't it?

Even better when it happens to someone our age - most of us have almost forgotten that wonderful feeling. I'm happy for you - good thing he is a sailor-

Or not wearing :-)

well Nia, you just have to either get a bigger boat (size does count!), or get out and crew more often. by the way, lots of people looking for crew in the Med if that interests you. oor you can hop on the Danish Ocean Cruisers Association and they will hook you up with someone that charges between 15 and 30 dollars a day (all inclusive except alcohol).

Yes, well if I do say so myself, I am quite dashing (no one else seems to say it, so I might as well LOL). Since I have the tux, I actually wear it on occasion. I also have a set of tails, but I just don't go to places that require tails very often any more.

Tthe countries we have visited are all eu, so rabies and worms shots etc are required, but that's it. Scotty is really a well traveled dog, sweden, norway, germany, poland, portugal, france spain, belgium, holland, luxemburg, italy. She's gone everywhere with us.

Hi nia,

We managed the big time with a big band playing, lots of dancing, champagne and you name it. Taxi home. But we got at 4 am, which is like hugely past my bedtime. And I did pay a price the next day, which I spent crashed out on a sofa watching old john wayne and clint eastwood movies. That was about all the intellectual stimulation my body could stand.

Scotty is our skipper dog and goes everywhere with us. She is quite the sailor having sailed with us to four countries now. She actually doesn't mind sailing although she is unhappy if the waves are too high.

Unfortunately she is getting old and her time is probably up. We will miss her desparately when it happens. She has been a wonderful family member for many years now.

But she looks quite the aristocrate in the pic - doesn't she? Actually she loves everyone and will pester you all evening if you start to stroke her (no she is NOT spoiled). :-)

Hi nia,

We're going across the harbour into downtown. Tuxedo and the works. Some huge shindig, I hope it is a good as it is supposed to be. But we are a group so we can make our own fun. How about you?

Hi Nia,

We haven't heard from you in a while. Hope you haven't "sailed into the sunset". Missed saying merry christmas so I'll just say Happy new year.