Limnos, Greece In Italy it was churches, we looked at every church we saw, sometimes dragging ourselves inside thinking we’d probably see nothing new, yet we always did. In Greece, it is the same with forts and castles; there is one in every town, on every peninsula, in every cove. And since they are always […]
24 June 2014 | Chalkidiki, Greece A calm marina with a beautiful beach, a great fish restaurant and a little train that takes you up the hill to the winery, it was like Porto Carras was made for us. Part of a huge resort, the marina is yet another victim of the Greece financial crisis, […]
Mt. Olympus, Greece As cool as it can be to travel around the Mediterranean by boat, many of our must-see places are not accessible from the sea. So from time to time, multi-day land trips are in order. The main goals of our recent land trip through Northern Greece were to see Mt. Olympus, and […]
11 June 2014 | Nothern Sporades Greece In June, we continued sailing through the Greek islands, working North West in the Aegean Sea and into the Northern Sporades island group. These islands stretch from the East coast of mainland Greece to the bottom of the Khalkidhiki Peninsula in North East Greece. These are not the […]
Volos, Greece Looking at our view from the dock in Volos, you would never know what incredible beauty was just a short distance away. We hired Nicholas, of Taxi in Volos (teacher turned driver/unofficial tour guide), to take us to see the Meteora Monasteries, about two hours away. The name Meteora means to “hang in […]
Niece in Greece 01 June 2014 | Northern Sporades Greece Our niece, Alyssa, took some time between her study abroad classes in Crete and Ireland this summer to visit us in the Northern Sporades of Greece. It was great to have her sail with us again. She has grown up quite a bit from the […]
Chios, Greece Berkeley East rolled some 45 miles from Ikaria to Mesta Port on the island of Chios. It was uncomfortable to say the least, but then again, we’ve had much worse. The cruising guide said that construction of a dock was underway here, but we weren’t prepared for the enormous concrete structure filling the […]
Samos & Ikaria Greece “Yassas” (hello) was the familiar greeting as we checked into Greece on the island of Samos. It was good to finally be out of the marina, and nice to be in a familiar place where we know the language (sort of), procedures and lay of the land. It had been months […]
Didyma, Priene After weeks of hard work getting Berkeley East ready to sail, we decided to give ourselves a day off and do some touring. We knew that Turkey was full of ancient sites, but we had no idea there were so many interesting places within a short drive of the marina. First stop was […]
D-Marin Didim, Turkey Last October, we left Berkeley East on land, tucked into a building, in Didim Turkey. Over the winter, she was given the royal treatment, including a brand new teak deck. Preparing a sailboat for a new deck involves taking everything off the boat, removing cabinet doors and panels, dismantling all stainless, protecting […]
