S/V Aphrodite

My Tunisian hammam experience was similar to and yet completely different from my Moroccan experience.  If it weren’t for Angela’s desire to go I think I might have skipped it.  How glad I am that I did not.  The basic set-up is the same, with women and children splashing buckets of water on each other, [...]

Once again Aphrodite’s is singing with the flurry of activity.  John and Angela are with us now.  We met them in Sicily, the night before our ‘Big Blow’ experience.  They were the ones who came to our assistance after releasing our entangled anchor.  After they secured their boat they dug deep into their lazarette and [...]

We have been in Sicily for 3-4 weeks now and have only seen about half of the country. We have been dealing with winter weather patterns which are more immobilizing than we expected. Near the end of Oct. we started having a few days of terrific blows followed by 2 weeks of calm which allowed [...]