Cristal Clear Water on the Turkish Coast with the ever present Gulets Was always fascinated by the crystal clear, turquoise waters of the...

Love watching Greek and Turkish people arguing about the origin of “their” yoghurt. They are passionate and argue like football fans....

YouTube is full of clips about Rome’s eleven aqueducts. Of course, the > 800 kilometers long water supply network that took centuries to...

Love asking questions for which you can’t easily find an answers in traditional history books. One of them is why the Seljuk and Ottoman...

Every country has its charming hospitality tradition. When you go out for dinner in Turkey, there is a bottle of Kolonya on your table to...

Always wondered why people in antiquity mixed wine with water. Wine was not consumed undiluted as we drink it today. It was served during...

Istanbul, Tuesday 25 January 2022 Late last night, my smart phone beeped. A text message from Turkish Airline read: "Your flight has been...

There are many fascinating aspects of the Ottoman Empire which we are going to discover this summer. One of them is the Sultanate of...

Greek Immigrants in New York - Could not find the Date of the Photo - prob. around WW1 Planned to write about the Sultanate of Women this...

Turkish coffee or Greek coffee? If you order Turkish Coffee in Greece, the waiters tend to ignore you or look at you with big eyes. How...

The over 80 years old Dr Xenakis arranges Senior Sailing Regattas today Working in my forest is always a pleasure. This week am trimming...

Was busy the last three weeks writing the Travel Plan for sailing this summer. You find a Pdf copy under “Travel Plan 2022”. With the...

Sailing from Istanbul to Athens next summer, where Genovese galleys once roamed, will take us to many tiny ports where fishermen still go...

On the island of Chios, you do not need to dig for gold. It grows on trees and is called Mastic. Had it for the first-time last year when...

Feeding the important Genovese Harbour of Chios required many Windmills Driving along the Turkish coast from Bodrum to Troy left me with...

We write the year 1241/42. The Mongol Army had just wiped out the Polish and Hungarian Knights and took winter quarters in the low lands...

On a single trip one often learns more than reading many books. This wisdom came to my mind when travelling from Bodrum to Istanbul a few...

Ever wondered why ancient ports such as Marseille, Naples and Constantinople survived and others like Miletus, Knidos, Kaunas, Ephesus...

Welcome back to the next episode of our travel blog. Next year, we shall continue following Genovese Sailing routes which bound the...

How quickly a month goes bye! Seems our journey only started and food shopping in La Valetta feels like something we did yesterday. But...