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...

Last summer when sailing from Corfu to Rhodes, we noticed that Venetian harbours always came with a church and a fortress - the church to...

Destination for today is the old fortress of Loryma (Bozukkale in Turkish = broken castle) opposite Rhodes. Have read two contradicting...

Remember the days when you were waiting in the smouldering heat of the Roman summer to get access to the Vatican Museum? Did you also...