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Stephanie Birchenough
Aug 27, 20233 min read
Mini Trip North
Last weekend Birch and I took a mini vacation north. We traveled to Newburyport, Portsmouth, and Rockport. We do frequent Newburyport,...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Vacation to St. Petersburg FL
We haven’t written in a while and we thought his might be the best introduction back to the blog. And now that Spring has arrived, we...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Last Stop - Procida
I want to start by saying I think this is my favorite island of all the islands I have been to in the Amalfi Coast, and this was our last...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jul 18, 20221 min read
Our sail back to Procida
Our last sail on the Mediterranean Our last sail in the Mediterranean was one of the best sails we had all week. Don't get me wrong all...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jul 16, 20221 min read
The Sweets in Ischia ... we couldn't resist
I know I have talked a lot about sweets and treats while in Italy but that is one of the most popular things to do, sit in a cafe and...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jul 13, 20222 min read
Back to Ischia
This time we went to the Porto D'Ischia, which is the main port on the Island. This is the port where all the ferries come in, and all...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jul 10, 20222 min read
Pit stop in Capri, well, we tried to at least
Our flotilla went to Capri but we decided not to and stayed in Amalfi one more night so as not to be rushed around, and if we might not...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jul 5, 20222 min read
Amalfi ... we stayed another day
Like I said in my last post, we were going to leave and head to Capri but things changed. While in the skippers meeting we heard that...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jul 1, 20223 min read
Amalfi … one of the most beautiful places in Italy
We woke up in Sorrento and got a pretty good start to the day. Today we spent most of the day on the water sailing down the coast to...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jun 29, 20222 min read
Sorrento, Italy (while Sailing)
I will start by saying that we finished our trip in Sorrento so there will be much more to say about it later. When we pulled into this...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jun 22, 20223 min read
Heading to Ischia
Let the sailing adventure begin. Our first sail was to the west side of Ischia another island I had never heard of but did not disappoint....
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jun 20, 20221 min read
Filomeane, our Sailboat for the week
When we arrived in Procida we found out our boat's name was Filomeane and it would be our home for the next week as we sailed around the...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jun 13, 20222 min read
Procida, a Small Island off Napoli
Where we picked up the sailboat Ok, I had no idea where this island was other than in the Mediterranean Sea until we booked this trip. ...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jun 10, 20222 min read
Castles and sights in Napoli
A bit of Sightseeing ... Yes this trip was about sailing in the Amalfi Coast, but one cannot take a trip to Italy without seeing some...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jun 8, 20223 min read
We have arrived in Italy
Let's talk food ... We knew when we landed in Italy it was going to be an amazing time, but we had no idea how amazing it was going to...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jun 5, 20221 min read
Let's talk about Italy ...
This did not go as planned ... We are now back from our "Trip of a Lifetime" to Italy, and our plan was to blog everyday, and talk about...
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Stephanie Birchenough
May 18, 20222 min read
We are going on a "Trip of a Lifetime"
This is that time of year when we get Añejo ready for the summer, but this year we decided to delay her splashing in (and because the...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Jan 9, 20222 min read
Sargasso Sea
Yes the Sargasso Sea, what and where is it? Well, I had no idea this body of water even existed. The last time we were flying south I...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Nov 30, 20212 min read
Trip to St. Thomas USVI
Part of our time away we did go to St. Thomas, aside from it being where the airport is located in Charlotte Amalie, and JetBlue often...
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Stephanie Birchenough
Nov 28, 20213 min read
Side Trip to St. John USVI
While we were visiting St. Thomas we took the ferry to St. John to spend the day there. St. John to me is one of the most prettiest, and...
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