Friday 27th April 2012 Amsterdam to Brugge, Netherlands
On arrival in Amsterdam in the early hours of the morning we collected our Opal station wagon hire car and departed for our journey to Brugge in Belgium. We needed the larger vehicle to accommodate our oversized parcel containing our precious new table (built in Tas) for the Tangaroa. The …
Saturday 28th April 2012 Brugge to Brussels, Netherlands
With the forcast for more rain in Brugge we decided to depart and make our way to Brussels which is a city we always wanted to visit. Ric got on the internet and quickly booked a hotel which turned out to be quite charming. Le Chatelain, a boutique hotel …
Sunday 29th April 2012 Brussels, Netherlands
Today was a day for sightseeing in Brussels. We did the round trip on the hop on, hop off city bus tour, however we did not get off!! Fortunately there was a glass roof on the bus we boarded, as it did not stop raining the whole time aboard. We …
Monday 30th April 2012 Brussels to Amsterdam, Netherlands
By the time we left Brussels this morning the weather had warmed up a few degrees. Antwerp was a good choice to break our trip back to Amsterdam. It was a city with a great feel and with really lovely shops and street cafes. There were also many people in …
Tuesday 1st May 2012 Amsterdam, the Netherlands to Preveza, Greece
With only very few hours sleep we checked our luggage in at 3.30am for our 5.45am direct flight to Preveza in Greece. As Transavia Airlines are very strict with weight and hand luggage quantity, we were pleased we spent some time earlier sorting ours out.. On arrival we hired a …
Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Our day was spent running around organising such things as internet for the boat, checking supplies, delivering and putting away gear. The launch was put forward to the following day at 1pm so it was a good thing that we decided to have another night at the The Captain’s …
Thursday 3rd May 2012 Preveza
Our day was very exciting with the Tangaroa being launched back into the water at 1pm. We made our way across the bay (where Cleopatra and Mark Antony had their final battle with Augustus) to Preveza town and moored her along the town wharf from where the final jobs could …
Friday 4th May 2012 Preveza
It appears that we will be here in Preveza for a few days as there have been a few issues with the boat. These will have to be addressed before we start our journey from this area. While we waited for the guys, who we employed to do the work …
Saturday 5th May 2012 Preveza
Today was a day spent still tied up along the Preveza wharf with an electrician trying to sort out our electrical, generator and watermaker problems . Surprisingly last year Tangaroa was left in wonderful working order and now after a few things done and a huge bill we have …