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B - 13 : Two Weeks to Go - And Churches!
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...
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Jul 15, 20182 min read


B - 14 : Roman Drinking Habits and the Last Supper
Do you remember my previous blog about the Roman fondness for wine? The upper class loved it for entertaining and their lavish banquets...
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Jul 13, 20182 min read


B - 15 : Ports, Temples and Fortresses
Last summer when sailing from Corfu to Rhodes, we noticed that Venetian harbours always came with a church and a fortress - the church to...
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Jul 12, 20182 min read


A + 16 : Loryma
Destination for today is the old fortress of Loryma (Bozukkale in Turkish = broken castle) opposite Rhodes. Have read two contradicting...
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Aug 14, 20171 min read


A - 5 : Does the Pope live in a Fortress?
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...
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Jun 19, 20172 min read
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