Now that we know that Romans consumed lots of bread, Garum, olive oil and Wine, what else did they eat? We know this rather precisely...

One of the delights of our cruise will be the fabulous wines now produced in Turkey. The Rosés start to match the French Rosés of the...

Yesterday, we discovered what staple food of Persian Sailors and Soldiers. Today, we are going to explore one of their condiments -...

Most of us think of Mediterranean food as a vegetable, fish and olive oil-based diet with plenty of fresh fruit and wine. Persian Archers...

Hi All Resume my blog again from last year to provide background information and anecdotal details on the trip we are going on this...

Time to say goodbye to the Carpe Diem V and its crew who sailed with us from Corfu to Rhodes. They were all excellent and proofed their...

Time to set sail to our last destination on this trip. We will reach Rhodes later in the afternoon. Venetian boats were always welcome in...

From Amos we sailed the whole day west, rounded the Bozburun peninsula and sailed into Hisarönü bay. Our hostess was a law student -...

Sadly, Amos was the most eastern point of our trip. We had to return. The time we won by crossing the Aegean Sea in two days to minimise...

After Loryma we decided to head further east to an old Caria town called Kaunas. It once had direct access to the sea but 2'000 years of...

Destination for today is the old fortress of Loryma (Bozukkale in Turkish = broken castle) opposite Rhodes. Have read two contradicting...

We are on the way to Knidos or Cnidus at the tip of the Datça peninsula. Cnidus was one of the members of the Dorian Hexapolis, a...

Early in the morning, we left Kalimnos and headed for Bordum to get the boat restocked, bid farewell to the old crew of sailors and say...

Today would be a long and rocky sailing day. We knew that once we left the wind shield of Naxos the Meltemi would hit us again. Behind...

After an uneventful night in Milos, we sailed early morning to the island of Koufonisi which is wind protected by the mountains of Naxos,...

Of course we were warned about the Meltemi but reading about and hearing of it is not the same as experiencing this strong north wind. We...

On the next day we motored against strong headwinds up the Peloponnese's East Coast to reach Monemvassia, a town founded by refugees. Its...

Crossing from Porto Kagjo to Kythera was our first encounter with the Meltemi To the left the Town and Citadel of Kythira - note how...

Porto Kagjo changed several times hands between Venice and the Ottoman Empire. From 1787 - 1790 it was the base of Lambros Katsonis, a...

The new sailors came on board in Pylos. We sailed via Methoni to Koroni (Coron), the sister town. Tomorrow morning, before we leave, we...