Thira, Greece Santorini, officially known as Thira, is what remains after a giant volcanic eruption that destroyed a single island and created the current geological caldera. Perhaps the most breathtaking of Greece’s Cyclades Islands, Thira is a crescent-moon landmass encircling the rim of the crater now filled with water. The huge lagoon measures roughly seven […]
When you look at travel guides for Greece, many tell you that visiting during the fringe seasons, May/June and September/October, are best due to milder temperatures and fewer crowds. We had already witnessed the peacefulness of the islands of Patmos and Mykonos, which were very pleasant experiences, but upon arriving in Ios, we were surprised […]
Mykonos, Greece The word “Splendidoing” is a term coined after some cruisers we know who, when crossing oceans refuse to allow any other boat to get ahead of them, but while island hopping tend to move very slowly, lingering on one dock, or in one anchorage, for weeks at a time. It is a wonderful […]
We have a running joke that one of us spends the winter making a plan for the cruising season, and then, once we are back on Berkeley East in the spring, the other one changes the plan. It is not completely untrue, as one of us doesn’t really think about cruising while on land, except […]
When we crossed the Atlantic, six years ago, our plan was to sail fast to Turkey, and then cruise slowly back west. But after more than 3,000 miles at sea, we weren’t excited to move Berkeley East at all, let alone quickly. So we spent three years traveling through the Med just getting to Turkey, […]
