The Galapagos islands are not your average islands and this blog is not your average “5 ways” blog. This blog is not about the Galapagos people or culture but the Galapagos animals. For starters the craziest thing I think about…
Author: Ben Jacobson
5 Ways We Know You’re from the Caribbean
The European life was a fun and interesting with many big cities and castles. In a way, the Caribbean still feels European because some of the Caribbean islands are controlled by Europe or were controlled by Europe. For instance, in…
Bay of Biscay – an overnight to remember.
Before this journey to Australia, my overnighting experience had been very slim but that would all change overnight. What I have done so far in my life before the Bay of Biscay was participate in the sail from Boston to…
5 Ways You Know You’re French – by Benny
Now if you thought that 5 ways you know you’re Dutch, you should prepare for 5 ways you know you’re, wait for it – French! The French feature in food though there is quite a bit of history. We spent…
5 Ways We Know you’re Dutch – by Benny
Now if you thought that 5 ways you know you are Danish was good, get prepared for 5 Ways You Know You’re DUTCH! Now in Holland, aka the Netherlands, aka a place Dutch people live, I have found the select…
The Hague
From Amsterdam, we motored back to the locks at Ijmuiden for about an hour. We were directed to a different lock by VHF radio when we arrived. We mixed up the “middle” lock we were directed to go to, then…
5 Ways We Know You’re Danish – by Benny
We have been in Denmark for quite a while now and we have found that the Danish have many special customs. Here are a few things I noticed. This one is kind of a no brainer, but the Danish do…
Hamburg weekend
We decided to go to Hamburg by train from Haderslev since we were getting restless waiting at X-yachts for our engine to get fixed. When I thought of Hamburg, I imagined a bland city with gray everything. Though to my…
Haderslev Field Review
On Wednesday, Dad and I went for a fun bike ride to a field at sunset. The field was in Haderslev, Denmark and is part of the Haderslev Fodboldklub. The day before we bought a football so we were prepared…
Legoland
On Saturday, we explored LEGOland in Billund, Denmark. We found out that LEGOland was only around half the price of a normal amusement park. The LEGO was also created in Denmark and we were right there. In LEGOland there was…