Happy Easter everyone!
We wrote our last blog post when we arrived in Sicily and we’re absolutely loving it, which is why we’re still here 🙂
So, what’s up since last time?
We spent 4 days in/around Taormina, a really nice town with a plentiful ancient Greek and Roman history.
It is also a great place for hiking with beautiful views of the sea and Mount Etna, and for climbing right by the sea. A highlight was definitely deep water soloing in the Grotta Azzura!
We then sailed to Siracusa, an iconic city that has been the main metropolis of Sicily for almost a thousand years. The sailing trip to Siracusa was rather short (around 9 hours) thanks to perfect winds and upon arrival, we could moor onto the main docks of the old town’s center (for free which is hardly believable).
We’ve now been in Siracusa for the last 4 days. Here, we explored the city, which is a cultural treasure of multiple ancient civilizations. We also took this time to hike on mount Etna and go climbing in the neighborhood. Of course, we also had to take a day for boat maintenance 🙂
And from there… what’s the plan?
As usual, winds are the true puppet masters telling us where and when we move! Our next stop is Malta and we couldn’t really get there until now as a powerful storm was raging there. On Monday, we should have an OK weather window to do the 150 km long trip to Malta but it still has a lot of uncertainty: different sources still strongly disagree on what kind of winds we will have, so we’ll probably leave at 5:30 am to keep all chances on our side.
Once in Malta, it looks so far like we will stay at least until Friday, maybe longer. Our target will then be to go westward until we reach Gibraltar. From Wednesday, a low-pressure system from Tunisia moving up north will first generate strong storms and then milder winds but will blow eastward. Let’s see if it allows us a good enough window to go to Marsala !
Sailing Misty 