Europe Day 14: sailing from Sainte-Maxime to Porquerolles

IMG_1333Before we left Saint-Maxime, we ooh’d and aah’d over a neighbor. It was another, much larger sailing vessel (I hesitate to call it a boat) made by the same company (Amel) that made Andreas’ sailboat. It was a marvel of wood and fiberglass.

IMG_1384We departed Sainte-Maxime, got out into the open water, and picked up a pretty good wind which had us leaned over pretty hard.

IMG_1442The impossibly gorgeous and surely violently dangerous rocks of the Cap des Medes, and the ancient fortress (Batterie basse des Medes) perched atop the hills nearby.

IMG_1453We like Porquerolles so much on the way out that we decided to spend the night there again on the way back.

IMG_1463Steak tartare!

IMG_1463_groupA great picture of our group, on our second to last night together.