Denmark, via Paris

This week we are heading north to Denmark to take possession of Orizuru. On the way up we spent a couple of days in Paris. Liz was returning from the USA, and I flew in from Valencia. We figured that Paris was a good place to meet up and, as long as we’re there, spend a couple of days enjoying the city of light.

Paris is an amazing place. Beautiful and vibrant, with a lovely vibe. It’s a much bigger city that Valencia, which meant a lot of walking. One day my step count hit over 32,000, for a distance of 23.55KM. I slept well that night!

Armed with a google guide made for us by Loren and Herve from Sailing Vessel Voila, we had many things that we wanted to do, but the one thing that I really wanted to do was visit the bakery described by Loren as “the best croissant in Paris,” La Maison d’Isabelle in the Latin Quarter. It did not disappoint!

Montmartre at Sunset

The Sacre Coeur sits atop Montmartre, and Glows in the setting sun.

The riverbank

I spent one day walking all over while Liz tried to get over her jet lag.

Heading upstream

I walked up the right bank towards the Ile de la Cité

Notre Dame

The last time I was here was 2 weeks before the fire. I remember being heartbroken that the “heart of Paris” had been almost totally destroyed. There is no replacing the wooden beams that had been in place since the 13th century, but the restoration is complete, and the Cathedral looks good.

The D'Orsay

My favorite museum in Paris. We took advantage of the evening hours on Thursday to visit.

Currently we are in Copenhagen, heading out to Skaerbaek to see the new boat tomorrow. The handover day is Monday, which will consist of a meeting at the factory to go over the manuals and systems, and then a walkthrough of the boat with the electrician, and then, weather permitting, a sail on the area around Skaerbaek, called the Lille Belt.

I’m really going to have to pay attention during the technical talk with the electrician. The install in Sage was much more complex, and considerably heavier. Orizuru will have a simpler install, but also will require a different kind of attention. We have less of everything; Less volts, 12v instead of the 48v house bank on Sage; fewer batteries, so less overall power; less solar. But we will also have less refrigeration, which was a huge power draw on Sage. Orizuru is not a live aboard boat for us, despite what we will be doing this summer.

Skaerbaek Nautical Chart. The blue pin is the Dragonfly Factory. The marina where the boat is is just below that.

I’m very excited to get out to the boat on Monday. I’ll post more pictures of the boat after the visit. Thanks for coming by!