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 […]

Lesbos, Greece Dear Nigel, Tom, Chris, Linda… We appreciate your interest in “The Adventures of Berkeley East” blog, and your requests for more frequent entries have been noted. Nigel, we don’t even know you, but we were overwhelmed that you expressed your concern for our wellbeing before letting us know that our lack of blogging […]