Puglia, Italy After three years in Greece and Turkey, Berkeley East’s return to Italy was met with much enthusiasm among the crew. The land of pizza and pasta has always been a favorite. Our arrival was very challenging, so we welcomed a good nights sleep, and calm conditions in the morning. But we were awoken […]
Brindisi, Italy Thanks to the digital age, we take thousands of pictures each year. We cannot imagine cruising the Med with a camera that has film, which requires developing. It would simply be cost prohibiting to snap the number of photos that we do, not to mention the challenge of finding some place on remote […]
Othoni, Greece During the last five cruising seasons, Berkeley East has spent a huge amount of time in Greece. We have visited some 60 islands; countless anchorages, towns and cities have been explored. Some were quintessential, others, not so much. But each one added to the fabulous experience that is Greece. We have celebrated four […]
Gulfs of Corinth and Patras, Greece We had been through the Corinth Canal, Gulf of Corinth and the Gulf of Patras twice before, so this passage was more about moving the boat, than exploring. We were traveling out of the Aegean and into the Ionian Sea, and we wanted to do it fast. In the […]
Pireaus, Greece We usually prefer exploring new destinations rather than revisiting the same places over and over. But there is something to be said for going back to a marina where you have been before, like Zea Marina in Pireaus Greece. There are no worries about where you will dock, no wondering about how to […]
Serifos, Greece During our first year in the Cyclades, we tried to defy nature and sail north against the unforgiving north winds. Finally, after being beaten and battered over and over again, we came to our senses and vowed to never, ever do that again. So here we were two years later, in Santorini, the […]
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 […]
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