Allow me to introduce myself
It all started 21 years ago. In one of the most reinventing cities in the world an amazing person was born. Doctors, priests and medicine man had been waiting for this day for many decades, and on August 16th 1991 it had finally arrived. A tiny little girl blurted out her first joyful howl, which filled her lungs with the sweet O2 of life.
Yes, I am talking about myself. My name is Maria Merckens and I was born and raised in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. I don’t know if the part of the Doctors waiting for my arrival is true, but I’d like to think it is. I’ve been living a pretty exciting life so far. Traveling to different places, meeting amazing people and trying to squeeze some family and studying time in between. I don’t want to bore you too much with my awesomeness so lets just cut to the chase.
The reason I started this blog is because four friends and I are setting sail this May to travel the world. We’ll be boarding sailboat Corina 4 (a Beneteau Oceanis 523 for the boaty experts under us) to visit over 60 countries in 5 different continents. It all happened very fast and still feels very unrealistic to me, but in less than 5 weeks I will call this tiny little 52 feet boat my home.
For more information about the trip visit: www.readysetsailnow.com
