Carlos & Jim on Kittiwake
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Carlos & Jim joined me for an evening’s sailing. There was almost no wind, so we just drifted slowly around the harbour. Sometimes we almost got up to a leisurely walking pace, other times we were asking each other, “are we actually moving forward”?

Picnic on the boat
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After Eve’s bad experiences sailing the previous day, we decided to change our planned sailing trip with Marko & Isabella into a picnic on the boat – sorry about that! Mari joined us too.

Michael at the helm of Kittiwake
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Michael & Helena joined Eve & me for an afternoon trip on our sailing boat. The wind was rather strong and the boat was pounding through the waves and heeling over at 45 degrees most of the time – lots of fun for me, but on this occasion rather too much for Eve. We dropped her and Helena off at Suomenlinna and sailed back to Merihaka, where the girls joined us for a picnic (having come back from Suomenlinna by ferry after having a couple of beers at the pub there).

La Sagrada Familia
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At the start of June we had a holiday in Catalonia – first a few days in a villa near the small village of Begur, then a few days sightseeing in Barcelona. I’ve finally got round to uploading the photos.

Platja de Sant Sebastià
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More beers in Barcelona, this time at the beach. The sand is fine and the sea is blue, beautiful views in every direction. Next we’ll see if the queue to the cable car is not unreasonably long…

Beers at Park Güell
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Eve & I are having beers at Gaudi’s Park Güell, in the hills surrounding downtown Barcelona.

more beers
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We’re having more beers at Park Güell in Barcelona. We just listened to a small band called Aereo who were playing under some of Gaudi’s ‘Gothic’ arches – they were good, a warm and mellow sound, so we bought their CD.

Peratallada
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We’re in the medieval village of Peratallada, having a very fine lunch. Here Eve is enjoying her dessert: strawberries in Muscatel wine.

Sunbathing in Spain
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We’re having a quiet morning at our rented villa in Begur, Catalonia. It’s 24 degrees in the shade, but I’m the only one in the shade – the other are all sunbathing by the pool. Wonderfully quiet and relaxing.

Kittiwake at home
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We’ve finally got our little yacht to her home berth in Merihaka. It was great to be out sailing, and she goes guite fast (nearly 7 knots without really trying).