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I - 36 : Venice and Crete : A Love - Hate Relationship
The old Venetian Port of Candia (Heraklion) is now full of Leisure Sail Boats When you ask Greeks living on Crete what they think of the...
hbanziger
2 days ago4 min read
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I - 40 : Saint Paul's Perfect Storm
Medicane (Mediterranean Hurricane) Zorbas reaching the Peloponnese on 29 Sept 2018 - the Medicane was about 150 sea miles wide In exactly...
hbanziger
6 days ago5 min read
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I - 43 : Dodecanese - The 115 Years Wait
On 15th of May, Locals enthusiastically receive the Officers of the Greek Battleship "Averof" which just had arrived in Rhodes - it was...
hbanziger
Jun 85 min read
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I - 46 : Early Days of Aviation
Francesco de Pinedo and Ernesto Campanellin in the Savoia in 1925 Exactly 100 years ago, Francesco de Pinedo, a pioneering Italian...
hbanziger
Jun 44 min read
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I - 47 : When the Cyclades were Russian
Recognize this Naval Flag? A Russian Ship-of-the-Line sailing thru the Bosporus in 1798 Were we travelling 250 years earlier on our route...
hbanziger
Jun 25 min read
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I - 51 : No Greek Highways Without EU
The 2004 completed Rion Antirion Bridge in Patras links A5 and A8 and cost EUR 670 Million At the end of this summer’s sailing, we will...
hbanziger
May 304 min read
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I - 54 : Rhodes - Ancient Armed Neutrality
Aerial View of Rhodes - at the Back the Ancient Acropollis with Stadion & Temple of Apollo Never underestimate the power of a Map. In...
hbanziger
May 254 min read
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I - 59 : Peloponnesian Wines - 91% indigenous!
The Wine Region of Patras overlooks the Gulf of Corinth My recent piece about Cretan wines made me discover that there are lots of...
hbanziger
May 205 min read
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I - 61 : Was our Trip possible 100 Years ago?
Ala Littoria's Flight Schedule 1939 - you can see Rhodes A good 2 months to go until we set foot on the Myra, our sail boat from 19 of...
hbanziger
May 184 min read
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I - 66 : Pork Dishes in the Peloponnese - An Ottoman Legacy ?
Summer Salad with Oranges, Goat Cheese & Olives My fever over the last three days disrupted my blogging. Being sick is always boring....
hbanziger
May 143 min read
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I - 72 : When the Peloponnese spoke French
The Navarino Castle between the Ionian Sea and the Bay of Navarino was built from 1287 - 1289 by Nicholas II Saint-Omer. Relatively...
hbanziger
May 84 min read
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I - 75 : Cypresses - the Rare Earth of 2'000 BC?
Cypresses line the Road to my House in the South of France A row of Cypress trees lines the road to my property in the South of France....
hbanziger
May 45 min read
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I - 81 : Why only Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
Can't believe - only 101 days to go until we set foot on the Myra, our sail boat this summer! Much of the Pharos (Lighthouse) of...
hbanziger
Apr 294 min read
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I - 86 : What was the Doric Hexapolis?
Mainstreet of the Dorian City of Camirus, 40 km SW of Rhodes, with the Fountain Square Was trying for months to find out more about the...
hbanziger
Apr 255 min read
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I - 91 : Trireme - Antiquity's Guided Missile
The Greek Navy Ship Olympias somewhere in the Aegean A few weeks ago I wrote about Persian Emperor (King of Kings) Xerxes ' efforts in...
hbanziger
Apr 194 min read
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I - 96 : The Parthenon's Incredible Resistance to Earthquake
The Parthenon survived dozens of Earthquakes over the 2'500 Years since its Construction It is only a year ago that I wrote a blog about...
hbanziger
Apr 154 min read
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I - 98 : How Rain made Sparta strong
The lush Mountains in the Peloponnese with their fertile Valleys receive a lot of Rain Mosf of my High School class mates hated history....
hbanziger
Apr 134 min read
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I - 101 : Italian Architecture in the Dodecanese
Porto Lago (today Lakki), the Italian Naval Base, was built entirely in Art Deco Style Arriving by ferry in Kos, Kalimnos, Leros, Nisiros...
hbanziger
Apr 105 min read
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I - 103: Saint Titus - Apostle Paul's Follower and Troubleshooter
Remains of the Saint Titus Church in Gortyna, the provincial Capital in Roman Times One of the disadvantages of being a protestant is...
hbanziger
Apr 86 min read
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I - 107 : Naval Battles around Crete in WW2
Aerial View of La Valetta in Malta, the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Base from 1814 - 1937 The seas around Crete where we sail this summer...
hbanziger
Apr 45 min read
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