Chania's Venetian Light House is still standing strong Turnover day today - again. As of 6 am, the deck hands started washing and...

The old Venetian Port of Candia (Heraklion) is now full of Leisure Sail Boats When you ask Greeks living on Crete what they think of the...

The Navarino Castle between the Ionian Sea and the Bay of Navarino was built from 1287 - 1289 by Nicholas II Saint-Omer. Relatively...

Leros Castle was built by the Knights of Saint John on the Site of a Dorian Temple for Diana Sailing through the Dodecanese islands is...

A Goat looking for Olives in the Old Theatre of Kaunos where now three Olive Trees grow Yesterday was our last day on Lycian territory....

The Walls of Softa Castle are amazingly intact - it takes less than thirty minutes to climb the Castle Coffee at 6. 30 am – departure at...

Our Boat, the Dragonfly, was waiting for us in the Harbor of Girne at 9 am this Morning Finally, after months of planning and...

Sarcophagus of the prominent Roman Jusist Valerio Petroniano from 320 AD Consulting the lease agreement for the Dragonfly the other day,...

Byzantine Peasants working the Lands - the Painting is from the 11th Century though Whenever we go on shore this summer, we will find...

The natural Harbor of Beilik Limani between Alanya and Antalya Anatolia’s Mediterranean shores are one of the more peaceful and beautiful...

Basil II's Coronation as Co-Emperor with his Brother in 976 AD in Constantinople Byzantine Emperor Basil II (976 – 1025) did not have it...

Empress Irene with her Son Constantine VI in the Hagia Sophia (12th Century Mosaic) Empress Theodora was not the only powerful woman in...

Was writing up the story of Emperor Justinian when I came across the story of his wife Theodora which is even more remarkable. Only 50...

“Nothing is certain but death and taxes”. Was reminded of this quote from Benjamin Franklin (1789) recently when I read how Roman Emperor...

The Ruins of Saint Nicholas' Church on Gemiler Island in South-Western Turkey Over the years, our sailing trips took us to shores with...

It was a snowy winter evening when we approached the farm house where the Egloff family lived. A foot of fresh snow muffled the sound of...

On 29th of July 2024., about 2 hours after our departure from Girne (Kyrenia), the faint outlines of the Taurus mountains will come into...

Kastellorizo's Harbor looks like Simi, just with less Traffic and fewer Cruise Boats About 100 km south-east of Göcek and 2 km from the...

Cupola Fresco on the Crucification of Jesus in the Tokali Church in Central Anatolia One of my plans for this summer was to visit old...

The Byzantine Tokmar Castle which guarded the Hills west of Silifke (Seleucia) When we tell people that we're sailing this summer along...