Rain drumming on our cabin this morning woke us up at 6 am. The effects of the heat wave continue to hit the French Riviera. Usually,...

Fishing boats in Nice Harbour - their colours seem to rhyme with the beautiful Light When writing the piece about the painters who...

Last year, when sailing along the Anatolian coast, we came across many ancient harbors which are now completely landlocked. Nearby rivers...

Lavender Field near the Village of Sault - at the Back is Mont Ventoux, the biker challenge One of the pleasures in life is spraying...

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about Herbes de Provence. Unexpectedly, it led me to several research pieces and YouTube clips on medical...

A Royal Navy Ship of the Line in Story Weather (Artist Impression from 17th Century) We write the year 1707. A British Fleet of 21 ships...

The French call it their crazy wind. Strong, cold and dry, it blows regularly down the Rhone Valley - except for the summer months. It...

North-Western Coast of Corsica with the typical Mediterranean Shrub Forest Sailing along the rocky shores of the Mediterranean is always...

One of the Rose fields around Grasse About ten kilometers north of Cannes lies the old town of Grasse surrounded by hills which lead to...

The regular readers of my blogs may have noticed my interest in sea level changes over the ages. In 2019 when we travelled from Corfu to...

The impressive Entrance to the Canyon at Sa Calobra on Mallorca's rough western Coast For the last two years we were spoiled with views...

Saying Goodbye to Santorini at 9 am - the Island surprised us positively in every respect The Meltemi next week will be far stronger than...

Nothing prepares you for the spectacular entrance into the caldera of Santorini. We all have seen photos of this beautiful island but...

Sun was rising just before 7 am over the Holy Island of Delos we visited yesterday The rising sun woke us up this morning in Delos. The...

The Turkish Straits - Bosporus 17 nm, Sea of Marmaris 110 nm, Dardanelles 37 nm My last piece about the Luwians and Troy’s big harbor...

Plate tectonics had an amazing impact on shaping the ancient Aegean civilization. The rough mountains forced the early Greeks to take to...

One of the true pleasures when sailing on open sea is watching the night sky. Far away from light pollution, one gets a good idea of how...

Before writing my blog yesterday, I never asked myself where the marble for Greece's magnificent temples and palaces came from. But...

Wind conditions in the Aegean played a major role in our route planning for summer 2022. Every year, from June to September, the Meltemi...

One of the most beautiful things when sailing at night is the night sky. There is no light pollution when you are in the middle of the...