Dreams Do Come True

Corsica has been a beautiful, wild and unpredictable island always reminding us to respect her as we have sailed along her coast. Since the 1st of September, the weather has changed and brought thunderstorms----thunder and lightning , rain and most of all BIG wind. Many sleepless nights at anchor just making sure that we haven't blown away.
We kept thinking it just "shouldn't be this way" until Duh, we realized of course it should........because it is! How often we all suffer as we rail against "what is", wasting precious energy wishing it were different. Sweet peace and sweet acceptance has settled into our hearts and we are enjoying the weather once again without" it" having to change. A friend recently sent us a quote by Anais Nin: "You don't see things as they are, you see things as you are." So true for us........
And of course, as we changed so did the weather!!!!!

We sailed up the west coast of Corsica, stopping for a few days in Ajaccio and then on to the north coast to Calvi. We enjoyed a few days in Calvi, an old port with a citadel up on the hill as we prepared to leave for the coast of France. We had an easeful overnight sail to France, landing in Saint Tropez. Sailing into the harbor at Saint Tropez on our beloved EcstaSea with the "loves of our life" (each other, of course) was a dream come true for us. Richard has held a dream in his heart to sail into this harbor on his own boat with the "love of his life" for years, and it has been a 40 year old dream for Willow to finally make it to France with her husband.Richard even carried Willow across the threshold from the dock to the land of France. Oh Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!
It was sooooo worth the wait.

Now we are sailing along the French Riviera in sunny warm weather stopping in Cannes, Nice and then Monaco as we begin to wind down another season on and in EcstaSea.