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A beautiful sunset at about 10 pm last night, taken from the back deck of the boat.

Yesterday sailing was great, blowing about 10 knots, and we made it up Rödlöga before deciding to stay nearby on an islet next to Storskäret. Today, the wind was blowing 15-20 knots with choppy seas, and sailing was a challenge but we eventually made it back to our anchoring spot from a few days ago on Norrö.

Below are some pictures of the last few days.

I haven’t updated the route we took yet, but you can find Storskäret here.

Johanna, Naomi, her friend Leah, Jaxon, and I are sailing this week (July 27 – Aug 2) in the archipelago between Stockholm and the Baltic sea on a Delphia 28 GT. The Swedish ideal of tying up to an unmarked (and for me unknown) rock cliff in just a meter or two of water takes some nerve, but so far so good.

I’m tracking the trip on Google Maps, if you’re interested.

Johanna and I spent the last 5 days in Barcelona, Spain. We had a great time exploring the city and staying with friends. Below are some pictures from the trip, but Barcelona seemed both too large and too small to be really photogenic. By that I mean that there were lots of interesting and diverse neighborhoods that are distinct from the surrounding neighborhoods (too big) but the town is full of quaint alleys and squares crowded with tourist (too small).

View form Parc Güell

On my last days in Puerto Rico, I rented a car and drove west along the beach some and then south on route 10 and 111 through the mountains to the surfing town Rincon, where I spent the night. I really liked every part of the island that I saw.

Aguadilla Sunset