Turkish Sailors surrender to the Greek Privateer Katsionis - Painting from his Crimean Villa Greek folklore is full of tales of heroic...

On the horizon to the west, in the hazy afternoon, the small island of Antikythira comes into view. We are on the way to Kythira but will...

Chania's Venetian Light House is still standing strong Turnover day today - again. As of 6 am, the deck hands started washing and...

The Venetian Harbor of Chania with the Workshops to maintain the Fleet on the Left Sailing from Rethymnon to Chania was fun - albeit a...

Rethymnon in the Morning Light at 7 am - the Venetian Port is behind the Light Tower Rather heavy sailing today from Heraklion to...

Fresco of a young, dancing Minoan Noble Woman from Knossos Seven miles north of Heraklion lies the island of Dia. Four of its bays...

We arrived at 09.30 am at the Palace of Knossos which is indeed a complex Labyrinth Knossos excursion today. Planned it luckily last week...

Sunday, 27 July 2025. For today, we had an elaborate plan. By midday, the wind in the Gulf of Agios Nikolaos slows down. Towards the...

We are stuck in the Marina of Agios Nikolaos but the Sailing School for Kids is undeterred Saturday is change-over day. The first guests...

Riding out 2-Meter-Waves today was actually quite enjoyable We are lucky having sailed to Crete yesterday. Now on the way to Agios...

Cooler winds replaced yesterday's hot and humid air. The hills of Kasos and Armathia, the island we anchored for the night, are wrapped...

The tiny old Harbor of Kasos accommodates a few Fishing and Leisure Boats Last evening, we could not find a well-protected by on Kasos so...

The barren Island of Kasos has thousands of Terraces but little Vegetation and no Water Today, winds finally died down. We woke up to a...

You may wonder what Karpathos and King Herod have in common. Actually nothing except that that there is no signal between the islands of...

The day started windy as expected. The wind continued to blow from the north-west at a strength of 20 knots. We would enjoy a wonderful...

After 9 months of planning and booking, the day has arrived. We are boarding the MYRA this afternoon. The adventure begins. The weather...

Arrived in Rhodes - one day from boarding the MYRA! The Ports in Rhodes are still the same as in ancient Times - Open Port (left), Big...

Francesco Morosini, Venetian Military Leader and Doge. He blew up the Parthenon As sad as it is, most people disappear in the grey ghoul...

Doric Temple at the open End of Messene's Antik Stadion On the 9 th of August, a good hour after bidding farewell to our home for three...

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...