View from a bed

And to illustrate the story below just a little bit more, here's an old photo I found from that morning the day after the Depeche Mode concert. It was basically this sight what made us start talking about this world tour we are on today. Peaceful view to wake up to, no?

Memories

It's a Depeche Mode Sunday here in our life today. One of the best albums ever made in the entire history of music is going on repeat here at the moment. DM has been pretty important to both me and Alex for many many years in both of our previous lives and when Alex first introduced me to his amazing underground music studio that he had in Barrio Gothico in Barcelona during that first winter that we met back in 2009 and the first track he put on in his powerful B&W 802 Nautilus speakers was one of my all time favorites, The Love Thieves, I almost cried because of the perfection I saw in this man. That was five days after we first got introduced to each other and a couple of weeks thereafter, Depeche Mode was about to give a concert in Palau St Jordi so I made sure to book some good tickets for us for that show. I surprised Alex with a night for us in one amazing suite with marvelous sea view at of the best five star hotels of Barcelona and we spent a great time at the concert followed by a perfect ending to the night in that very suite. I remember the day after to be a Sunday and in the morning, from our huge bed with panorama view over the ocean, we could observe an ongoing regatta going on down below at sea level, 18 floors down, and that was the day that we began talking about freedom and that we maybe one day should sail around the world together..

One additional amazing part of the story is that when we had enjoyed our breakfast in bed and we were about to check out, we met no one else but Dave Gahan in the lobby and we got the chance to get a quick chat with him before he ran off upstairs. So for this whole reason, and for other natural reasons like that DM have created some of the most immortal musical productions ever, is this group very important to us and will always remain.

Here are some more of my pics from that concert.

Dinner in St John's

We just got back home from St John's, the bustling capital of this little island. We took the bus in the rain, had some dinner over there and rode the bus back home again. I had by the way an amazing fresh cucumber juice to my meal, absolutely divine it was. I'm sure you all think I'm pregnant or something since I don't drink much alcohol any longer and we are getting ourselves a larger boat with one extra cabin and all, but that's not the case. I promise. /T

On blogging

Hey guys, thanks for your comments in last post, says Alex. I guess we both know that the blog will have to remain pretty much like it is, there is not too much of time and interest from Alex part as he mentions, although he has promised to take the time to post perhaps once or twice per month to give it all a new little twist.

This blog has never really had the intention of becoming a technical or not even a real cruising/sailing blog and even if many of you (men) out there would wish so, I'm afraid that you will have to turn somewhere else if that is what you are looking for. I personally have greater plans for this blog, my work, and in order to achieve that what I have invested a lot of my time in this for, we will need to continue quite similarly to how it first started, although I would love to have Alex sharing more of his personal thoughts (the non technical) here as well, but I can't really force him can I. Writing must definitely come out naturally, like any other creative pursuit. But do not despair, he has prepared another post and will be right back here in a short while with some of his thoughts concerning some of the questions and wonderings you had in the post below. Thank you all for your very descriptive comments.

We hope you all are enjoying your weekend. Here it's raining like never before so not much else to do than fixing stuff inside, training at the gym, reading and taking it easy.... quite boring if you ask me, but  we hope to be able to get back out exploring more of the island in a couple of days. Not much time left in Antigua now. /T&A

So

Here's one thing I've been busy with lately. A First 40,7 that was crashed into. Will show more when it's finished.

Hi, it's Alex. I have heard that many of you want me to write some more in this blog. That's very nice of you. There are basically three reasons to why I haven't done it so much :

1. I have a life. A real life outside of this blog. You maybe think that we live only what is written and seen here, but the truth is that this is only maybe 10% of our reality. Taru much of the time lives in between the real world and the online world, but I prefer to live my life totally IRL. But of course, I am not a photographer who has a passion for sharing my art. And for me personally I see not much value in writing. I don't have this need or urge or whatever you call it.

2. And the writing part. I am French, and I lack of some words in English, so for you to be able to understand a shit of what I'm saying in text, there are a lot of editing needed. This takes time, both mine and Tarus. And time is very precious to me. There are many things I much rather do than write, I am sure you understand. 

3. Like earlier mentioned, I have no real interest in writing. Also no time. Or let's say it is not my priority. So it is very simple to us. Taru runs this website as much or as little as she wants and I do my stuff in the world outside of this online thing. I work on the boat, I fish, read, sometimes I work on projects on other boats like that one above, I must also take care of my woman, have a good time with her and all of that. Listen, I don't even have a Facebook account, I rarely check my email and even less I answer any of them and now you ask me to write a blog? Come on. I appreciate the comments from you all that I read and I admire the quality of work which my baby has put into this website, but I personally have not had time to get myself involved too much. It is very distant to me. 

So I hear that some of you would like to read more about mechanical and technical things and my point of view when it comes to boat stuff in general, sounds good, but at the same time I have understood that most people here seem to appreciate reading about hair colors, high heels, fitness advice and whatever else, and this I don't know too much about, so: I will give it a try, but don't expect too much now, I will try to post sometimes. But the question is: What are you interested in reading about? I know Taru makes a great job with her stories and images but what do you want to know from my view? Is it my work done on the boat that is of interest or do you want me to share with you some secrets about Taru or what? If you can be so nice to guide me a little bit I would appreciate it. 

I will get back to you when I find the time. Thanks. Alex

Water!

That's the only right thing to do in this heat..
And who cares if it's in the dirty waters of the harbor area, at least it's refreshing!

Good morning world

It's 6.30 and we're sitting here planning for the nearest future. Lots on our mind. The new boat. When should we leave. What about the hurricanes. Where should we go after Antigua. When will we be done with what has to get done on Caos. What is the plan when we get South. The new boat again. Is it a good choice. What are the benefits with such a drastic change of boat/home/vehicle and so on... You might think that we are on a permanent vacation of some sort, but this life is also very much our normal life. We have everyday things to deal with even though we might have chosen to call the world our home instead of having a fixed land based house or an apartment. We also have a future to plan for and we want to make sure that we take the right decisions and make the right moves, you know all those questions that most of us have to deal with in this world. Ok I can admit that the majority of things are easier to handle when you are not forced to work 9-5 and instead you're able to take those life decisions while surrounded by beaches and palm trees and beautiful nature, but still, this is our life and no matter how the layout of it looks, we want to make sure we do the things right. One thing that is really really annoying right now though, call it a luxe problem if you want, but the temperature and the humidity is almost unbearable here in the Caribbean at the moment. And when you are not on the beach or swimming, it is a joke to try to be fresh when sweat is constantly pouring down your skin. That's one of those problems we have to deal with over here..

Have a great Thursday you all. /T