January 4, 2009
We had only planned to spend a week in Rota, Spain, before sailing south to Madeira and the Canaries, but instead we had to wait 20 days before finally getting an acceptable weather window. Luckily, we couldn�t have asked for a lovelier small Spanish town in which to wait for weather. The historical district located next to the marina was fun to explore with its clean narrow streets, numerous small plazas, and beautiful churches displaying a mixture of Gothic and Baroque architecture. The outer doors lining the narrow streets often opened up to beautifully tiled interior vestibules, and beyond that inner courtyards. Being located along the coast, the town also had a lovely beach. While in Rota, we purchased food staples for our Atlantic crossing and also cleaned off the �red Sahara sand� encountered during the heavy fog near Gibraltar. This sand had stuck like glue to everything on our boat. |
