Rhodes, Greece We had heard horror stories about the Greek island of Rhodes, particularly the conditions for cruising boats in Rhodes Town. The word was that the main harbor of Mandraki is impossible to get into, as it is filled with tour boats and charter fleets. And when one could find an open space on […]
Agathonisi, Greece As the end of our cruising season approached, we continued south through Greece, selecting islands that we had not visited while looking for a good hiding hole to wait out the coming Meltimi winds. First stop was in the Oinousses islands. We went to the only harbor, Mandraki, and when the anchor was […]
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 […]
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 […]
28 August 2013 | Simi, Greece We have some friends who, for the past three years, have been telling us about the island of Simi in the Dodecanese Islands of Greece. We’ve heard from them, over and over again, about this gorgeous, dramatic, charming island. It was their “favorite” they said, but they really could […]
