A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with many miles under your keels in following winds to all our frinds out there in the sailing community, and our landlubber friends and families aswell of course.

We will spend Christmas eve and Christmas Day in the boat this year, for a change and as the beginning of a new life. January 16 we'll leave the house to it's new owners an inhabitatants so from then on we will be 'full time live-aboard cruisers' Hooray!!

We were in Bretagne,France just about a week ago to visit Isabelle's family and had a wonderful time with them.

We also had 'tons' of wonderful food and good wines - 'Vive la France!'

As a teaser and an example I've published the pic of the Oysters we had as a starter of a 7course (!) lunch one of those memorable days...