With the Scirocco pushing us north, we made such good progress that we have a day off in Otranto. Thought we would need a full day for...

This Morning at 7 am in the Vibo Marina near Tropea The faint sound of rain dropping on our deck woke us up this morning. Was it really...

Except for the Blue Sky the landscape on Top of Monte Vulcano looks Martian The day could not have started better. Yesterday’s clouds...

Writing about Pythagoras was a challenge. The further I was digging, the more contradicting the sources became and it was impossible to...

When I plan our trips, I usually work with a big map on one side of my laptop and my iPad on the other. On the iPad I look up details....

Yesterday at 11 am, when visiting the Acropolis, I noticed a refreshing breeze blowing from the sea towards the mountains to the east....

On our third last day, we are going to visit Epidavros with its magnificent 14’000 seats big amphitheater. Always wondered what such a...

Temperamental weather today – 15 min of torrential rain followed by 1/2 hour of sunshine. Then it repeats. What better way of coping with...

Found in 1902 near Antikythera, the Mechanism built in the first century BC is now on display in the National Archeological Museum in...

The School of Athens, painted by Raphael 1509 - 1511 depicting nearly all the great Greek Philosophers and Scientists - read Wikipedia to...

Love this site which provides accurate weather and wind predicions Just finished the detailed plan for this summer’s sailing. One of the...

Possible Tsunami Waves which could reach the Coast within 15 - 20 min after a landslide When writing the blog about our visit to the...

The Stromboli Vulcano Island, the Northern Most of the Aeolian Island Group I guess you know by now that I cannot resist climbing a hill...

There are many similar beaches in Calabria with the orderly and rentable deck chairs One of the few things the Genovese Merchants did not...

Irrigation in Egypt in the Faiyum Depression close to Cairo My personal goal today was to write the blog on Calabrian and Apulian food I...

Replica of the Kyrenia Ship - there are three - I do not know which one this is Yesterday’s blog reminded me of my promise a few weeks...

Sybaris Archeology Park - the former harbor is to the right A few days ago, someone asked me what the D-181 stands for in the blog title....

Was trying to find farm yield information for Sicily and Southern Italy all day yesterday but felt I was looking for the famous needle in...

Having seen the Carta Pisana as young student in the Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris in 1981, I planned to write a blog about cartography...

Would we need a weather report for our trip from Genoa to Tunis given that neither the Genovese nor the Pisan merchants had any such...