—  By Ian

Elburg – and the Sailing Ships

We never know what we will find at each new place. We have some books and maps. We use the Dutch Barge Association’s website to check postings made by other travellers regarding moorings and facilities. We use Google Earth. But until we arrive, we don’t…
—  By Lisette

Sunrise, Sunset

No, not a song from “Fiddler on the Roof” In an earlier posting, I mentioned that one of the reasons for purchasing a new camera was the ability to do high dynamic range (HDR) photography. I won’t cover the same ground as in the previous…
—  By Lisette

Welcome to the Netherlands!

This post takes us from Amersfoort to Geithoorn (9/9 – 15/9/2014) Amersfoort to Elburg Other than gaining experience, and heading towards our eventual destination of Groningen, this phase of cruising was intended to deliver us at a chandlery where we could buy a couple of…
—  By Ian

Tourism (and less scary stuff)

Edam and Volendam We could see from the map that the town of Edam was not far from Purmerend, and with fine weather continuing, decided we could treat ourselves to a day off. Navigating by water was not possible for Neo Vita, so we took…