As a student in Senior High I loved historical maps. One of the maps which intrigued me most was a chart showing the Vikings’ journeys...

A few days ago we talked about how Rome expanded into Southern Italy and how the Greek culture was adopted by Romans. We also learnt...

To everybody's surprise, the outbord engine of our tender went on strike last night and would not get back to life despite a lot of TLC....

We changed flags today. The French was replaced by the Italian tricolour and the Corsican One Moor had to give way to Sardinia’s Four....

Yesterday, we aimed for Girolata, the bay on the west coast, where in 1540 the Genovese fleet captured Turgut Reis, after he had sacked...

Calvi in the early morning hours Every morning when we wake up and meet for coffee on the deck, it is beautifully quiet, the air is still...

When discussing our plans for today over dinner last night, we thought we would visit the two Spanish Fortresses, buy some white wine...

After a quiet night in Portoferraio which has far fewer visitors than in a normal year – maybe a third – we intend to sail to the south...

One of the few things I could never find out was how the Doria Castle in Porto Venere was linked to the Doria family – except for the...

Ever so often, tensions flare up between Morocco and Spain over a few rocks in the Mediterranean or the towns of Ceuta and Melia....

When researching the making of Focaccia yesterday, I came across three more interesting stories which will be the subjects of my next...

Did you ever wonder why the galleys, the Queens of the Mediterranean, suddenly disappeared in the 18th century? More than a hundred years...

On our trip from Genoa to Tunis, the coast line changes constantly. The green Apennine Mountains accompany us first, the rougher peaks of...

One of the advantages of sailing off the beaten track is getting off the beaten track. With a few exceptions, the places we visit did not...

It is change over day again. Team 2 had tanned so well that we needed to send them back to cloudier parts of Europe and America - too...

Engines started today at 5 am to get us to the island of Vis where we had tickets for the Blue Caves at 8 am. The caves are inside/below...

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...

Seeing that the pentacles of the European Cyclone will reach Durres this afternoon with wind speed of 45 knots, we decided to start our...

This morning we set sail at seven for Vlore and shipped around the Karaburun Peninsula which was dotted with hundreds of Enver Hoxha's...

When flying from Vienna to Venice, book an F seat on the right hand side of the plane. About 10 minutes before lnding, look out of the...