January 17, 2020
With the Covid EU decision to block Canadians from entering the EU countries we cannot leave Portugal since we don’t know when we could return. Like most people, 2020 was a challenge being separated from family. For us, it's been 15 months and counting. We are researching vaccinations in anticipation of potential guidelines for flying when the EU borders open and we return to Canada. We do not want anything to separate us longer than necessary from our family.
Visit Portugal to see what’s going on in our lives.
With the Covid EU decision to block Canadians from entering the EU countries we cannot leave Portugal since we don’t know when we could return. Like most people, 2020 was a challenge being separated from family. For us, it's been 15 months and counting. We are researching vaccinations in anticipation of potential guidelines for flying when the EU borders open and we return to Canada. We do not want anything to separate us longer than necessary from our family.
Visit Portugal to see what’s going on in our lives.
Big Sky is for sale.
Two videos below showcase Big Sky inside and outside.
For detailed information click here.
Two videos below showcase Big Sky inside and outside.
For detailed information click here.
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Our house in Carvoeiro, Lagoa, Portugal
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Following 13.5 fabulous years living aboard our floating luxury condo, she is now for sale. Pictured above with the winter house.
Click here for details. Barb and Con Sprenger 
Thank you Big Sky for the most incredible adventures and a bucket full of memories to last the rest of our lives. She's now safely stored on land in the Lagos, Portugal yard.
We moved into our long-awaited bungalow in Carvoeiro, Portugal! * Big Sky safely escorted us through the Mediterranean, Baltic, and Black Sea, and up and down the Atlantic Ocean as we explored more than five dozen countries so we could have a peek into the beauty of the world and her people. In a word, it’s been magical. Waking in the morning at anchor surrounded by calm blue waters is my version of heaven. I’ll be homesick for the hundreds of chattering, leaping dolphins who greeted us over the years while underway, the occasional whale, and dozens of flying fish. I’ll miss the ease of waking in one country, and having dinner in another. Changing languages with our greetings like changing socks. We will miss the sailing community, perhaps the most friendly community out there. Con’s realized dream, “To Sail in Retirement” began for us in 2007 and has been quite possibly his greatest dream for retirement. A message for those with a similar dream, “Don’t put it off for tomorrow, as there are no guarantees in life. Do it now while you have your health and youth.” — That’s my thought for the day. * Visit Portugal 2021. For a peak at our house in Carvoeiro click here. * My article: The Inspirational Philosophy of Sailing Through Life: https://www.nauticalmind.com/blog/2012/02/sailing-through-life/ |
Below: View of Sintra from Castle dos Mouros; Erice amphitheatre in Sicily; Gulfo di Castelemmarre, Sicily; castles in Erice; Paxos in the Greek Ionian, and the northern end of the island of Milos.
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09/22/19
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