Mycenae was worth the drive from Kilada. I had been there before, to the day almost 45 years ago. Not much has changed. The Lions Gate is still there and not much else except if you have the imagi ...
The last few days have been a blur. I arrived in Athens on the Orthodox Easter Sunday, which meant that everything was closed in Kilada, even our favorite Taverna. So a new place had to be tried and ...
We’re on the hard. Kincsem stands in an adjustable steel cradle on concrete! The lifting operation this morning was very efficient. The boat was pulled out with a humungous Travel lift and deposi ...
I guess this is the cave trip. We're anchored here on the South Eastern tip of Milos in the Southern Cyclades in a little bay called Kleftiko. Kleftiko is a Greek beef stew so one wonders why this a ...
This morning, I’m starting on the third logbook for this season! This means the 121st day of sailing - although I’ve been on the boat for almost seven months! We’ve covered roughly 5,000 miles ...
The 13th is the Esdorn lucky day, traditionally, but today the gods had different plans. First, slipping our aft dock lines in Katakalo this morning, the bowlines on the docklines got stuck on the h ...
After some sightseeing in Corfu town, we - Rita, John, Achim and I - were off to the mainland. Our first stop was a little bay called Pagania which the handbook described as deserted and pretty. The ...
Just a quick update. We’ve parked here for a couple of weeks before the trip begins again with new crew arriving today. Being here allowed me to get a few things done on the boat, such as gettin ...
The Greek band playing traditional Greek music full of emotion has just left. Now it’s on to Disco, full of bass. We’re only 400 m away - ah, now the fireworks are starting! Siggie and Barbar ...
Well, it’s been tourism full bore the last few days. We wanted to stay a day or two in Catania but ended up staying five. The reason was one of the first real weather systems to make it down this ...