Raphael: Saint-Paul preaching in Athens In the middle of our fourth week of sailing, we are going to reach Corinth. The town was the...

The Piazza Del Duomo in Syracuse, Sicily, with its Baroque Buildings Am a bit behind schedule this week. The ICRC meetings over the last...

Title Page of the Video "Why did the Ottomans not conquer Italy?" Speculating about alternative outcomes in history is a bit esoteric but...

Photo taken two weeks ago on the Bürgenstock, about half an hour from Lucerne Christmas provides the perfect excuse for deviating from my...

In the blog about usury, we talked about the Council of Niceae in 325 AD, which unified Christian doctrine and decided which books form...

Last night we anchored close to a place called Stari Milni (Old Mill) under an impressive range of lime stone mountains. When we woke up...

When travelling from Corfu to Venice, we will cross several borders - five state borders (Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia...

Yesterday was supposedly my last blog but I have my boarding pass already for the afternoon flight to Switzerland. How am I going to...

There is no sailing any longer and we deviated quite a bit yesterday from our original goal to explore Venetian trade routes. But given...

It is Saturday morning - time to say Bye to Carpe Diem V, our home for the last three weeks Our boat is now heading home - by mid next...

Last day on the boat today - tomorrow morning the trip is officially over. The Carpe Diem V has to return to Turkey which will take about...

This morning we left the Carpe Diem V behind in the new yacht port of Iskenderun (former Alexandria ad Issue) to drive in one of the...

After a light lunch in Göçek, we could board the Carpe Diem V and start our journey. First destination where we wanted to stay overnight...

One day to go! It is so exciting that our sailing starts tomorrow. Once you are on the boat, have a look around and tell me whether you...

On our journey along the Anatolian coast, we will not only see many old Byzantine churches. We are going to see many more mosques with...

After “Christianity and inflation”, many of you may wonder whether “The plague and the rise of Islam” is another one of Hugo’s...

Over the last few days, we have seen how Christianity slowly spread through the Roman empire. In 313 AD Emperor Constantine the Great...

Under Alexander the Great, the Greek language spread quickly through his empire and became not only the language of the ruling class and...

You may have noticed yesterday that Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper is set in a family home and not in a church where Christians...

Do you remember my previous blog about the Roman fondness for wine? The upper class loved it for entertaining and their lavish banquets...