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I + 17 : Was Miguel de Cervantes in Methoni?
Methoni at Quarter to Eight - the Town's 17th Century Bastions in the Middle of the Photo The South of the Peloponnese is a fabulous...
hbanziger
Aug 63 min read
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I + 16 : Koroni - Waystation for Trade, Pilgrims and the Black Death
Koroni - View from the East on the Venetian Bastions and the Modern Town Our choice of Porto Kagio for last night was excellent. Whilst...
hbanziger
Aug 53 min read
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I + 13 : Chania - Venetian Town with a Woven Ship
Chania's Venetian Light House is still standing strong Turnover day today - again. As of 6 am, the deck hands started washing and...
hbanziger
Aug 23 min read
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I + 12 : Chania - Oldest Settlement in Europe?
The Venetian Harbor of Chania with the Workshops to maintain the Fleet on the Left Sailing from Rethymnon to Chania was fun - albeit a...
hbanziger
Aug 13 min read
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I + 11 : The Beauty of Having Been Irrelevant
Rethymnon in the Morning Light at 7 am - the Venetian Port is behind the Light Tower Rather heavy sailing today from Heraklion to...
hbanziger
Jul 314 min read
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I - 7 : The Venetian Families of Methoni
One week to sailing – in exactly 168 hours we will board the Myra. Venetian Tower guarding the Port of Methoni - we visited once in 2017...
hbanziger
Jul 124 min read
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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
Jun 154 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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H - 1 : Ethnic Cleansing Cyprus Style
Last day, before sailing starts tomorrow. We used the day to visit Enkomi, an early bronze-age town, then Salamis, the island’s Roman...
hbanziger
Jul 29, 20245 min read
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F + 21: A Storm is Brewing - Nafplio
Last night, we anchored in a bay at the northern tip of Spetses. The island is nowadays know as a place for the rich and famous. Indeed,...
hbanziger
Sep 5, 20224 min read
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F + 20 : Small Harbor - Safe Harbor - Good Business - Monemvasia
Coffee at 6.30 am - just before the Sun Rise - the giant Rock of Monemvasia in the back Our bet yesterday paid off. We sailed all night...
hbanziger
Sep 4, 20224 min read
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E - 70 : Faint Memories of Zeus and Helios
Always had a fascination with the Quadriga, the four beautiful horses on the porch of the Basilica San Marco in Venice. Admire them since...
hbanziger
May 4, 20214 min read
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C + 21 : After nine weeks on the Sea we made it from Jaffa to Venice
Just when we thought we had outrun the Bora, he eventually got us. Without any warning, a gale set in just after 2 am with windspeed of...
hbanziger
Aug 16, 20192 min read
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C + 20 : Becoming Slovenia
Sailing to Piran in Slovenia today. We left Croatia at 7 pm since immigration between EU - members nowadays takes quite a while....
hbanziger
Aug 15, 20193 min read
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C + 19 : Pietra d'Istria
As expected, weather did not look great this morning. When we went up to the deck to get coffee at 6.30 am, there was still a light...
hbanziger
Aug 14, 20193 min read
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C + 18 : Why is Pula's Arena in Better Shape than the Coliseum in Rome?
Pula Arena towering over the old harbour - being built on a slop it is 3 stories high Engines started at 5 am. We had to outrun the Bora...
hbanziger
Aug 13, 20193 min read
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C + 16 : Sailing Over the Flooded Po Valley
Another a beautiful and quiet morning today. The sea could not have been calmer - ideal for long kaiaking rides and morning swims. We...
hbanziger
Aug 12, 20192 min read
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C + 14 : Swimming Baby One Last Time
We woke up early morning to a gentle swell in the beautiful Bay of Tijat Island. When we arrived last night we could not see the full...
hbanziger
Aug 9, 20193 min read
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C + 13 : Buy Ticket in Sibenik not Here!
Today would be another windy day. Forecast predicted winds from the south of up to 15 knots. We would be sailing like yesterday. Wind...
hbanziger
Aug 8, 20193 min read
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C + 12 : When Emperors Have to Hide
Another day, another excursion! We visited Stari Grad this morning to buy fresh fruits and croissants. We had the town almost for...
hbanziger
Aug 7, 20192 min read
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