Family Archives | Sailing Rua Hatu https://www.svruahatu.com/tag/family/ Exploring the world on a Vancouver 36 Mon, 17 Jun 2024 18:14:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.svruahatu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-SVRuaHatu_Stamp-32x32.png Family Archives | Sailing Rua Hatu https://www.svruahatu.com/tag/family/ 32 32 Watch out, the family is here! https://www.svruahatu.com/2024/05/watch-out-the-family-is-here/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2024/05/watch-out-the-family-is-here/#respond Sun, 12 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=5422 In February we welcomed both my dad and Nic’s family for a relaxing beach vacation in Puerto Rico. We rented a house and a mini van and spent two weeks visiting nearby towns along the west and south coast, exploring flavorful restaurants and bakeries, and hiking verdant trails to gorgeous beaches and stunning waterfalls. This …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2024/05/watch-out-the-family-is-here/feed/ 0 Worlds Apart – Summer 2023 in Europe https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/worlds-apart-summer-2023-in-europe/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/worlds-apart-summer-2023-in-europe/#comments Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=5164 While Nic was staying in Turtle Cay working on Rua Hatu and the dinghy as well as looking after the pets, I departed Panama for a summer trip to Europe to visit friends and family in Germany and Croatia. My flights took me from Panama City to Munich via Madrid. In Munich I spent a …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/11/worlds-apart-summer-2023-in-europe/feed/ 1 Boat life in the Gulf of Panama https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/04/boat-life-in-the-gulf-of-panama/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/04/boat-life-in-the-gulf-of-panama/#respond Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:50:57 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=4578 It’s been a while since our last post and I want to give an update on our time in Panama. Nic is working on the new hard dinghy and hard dodger, family comes to visit, and we prepare for our future travels down the Pacific Coast to Chile. Las Perlas, the pearls of the Gulf …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/12/thanksgiving-travel/feed/ 0 Current journeys and future travel plans https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/03/current-journeys-and-future-travel-plans/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/03/current-journeys-and-future-travel-plans/#respond Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=1422 I just returned from three weeks in Europe visiting family and friends in both Germany and Croatia. This trip included my usual stops in Munich, Cres, and Buzet with day trips to various other places. Leaving balmy warm Mexico for chilly Europe took some getting used to but I was fortunately didn’t experience the usually …

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