C + 1 : Suleyman's Harbour
This morning we set sail at seven for Vlore and shipped around the Karaburun Peninsula which was dotted with hundreds of Enver Hoxha's...
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hbanziger
Jul 25, 20191 min read
C - Day : The Adventure Begins
Our trip started today at 9 am when we arrived by ferry from Corfu in Sarande in Albania. The Dragonfly in Sarande Harbour Contrary to...
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hbanziger
Jul 24, 20192 min read
C - 1 : Dolphins!
Remember the many dolphins we saw when sailing in 2017 and 2018? Many of you asked whether we are going to see dolphins again this...
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hbanziger
Jul 23, 20192 min read
C - 2 : Coral Mysteries
Just before we enter the channel to Sibenik, the former Venetian town where the Ca Sagredo family came from, we cross the island of...
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hbanziger
Jul 22, 20193 min read
C - 7 : Harassing Venice on the Cheap
When flying from Vienna to Venice, book an F seat on the right hand side of the plane. About 10 minutes before lnding, look out of the...
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hbanziger
Jul 22, 20193 min read
C - 3 : More Alternative History
Imagine the year 1246. You are standing at the sea gates of the imperial palace in Constantinople - just south of the Hippodrome -...
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hbanziger
Jul 21, 20193 min read
C - 4 : Origins of the Croatian Culture
In almost every harbour we stop we will meet traditional folk groups dancing in the squares and narrow alleyways. Of course they do it...
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hbanziger
Jul 20, 20193 min read
C - 5 : What did Galileo Galilei do in Venice?
We all know the story of the Italian physicist, mathematician and engineer Galileo Galilei who was draged before the Catholic Inquisition...
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hbanziger
Jul 19, 20193 min read
C - 6 : Why Sailors love Ports and hate the Bora
Remember the trees in the Rhone Valley in Southern France which are bent due to the strong Mistral? The area around Chantrou, our house...
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hbanziger
Jul 17, 20192 min read
C - 8 : A Little Ice Age in 536 AD?
Remember summer 2010 when air traffic over Europe was suspended due to the outbreak of Eyjafjiaalajökull, the volcano in Iceland? I spent...
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hbanziger
Jul 15, 20193 min read
C - 9 : A Fleet for the Emperor
We are not only going to see lots of tourists during our trip. There are also plenty of shipyards we are going to sail past - Bay of...
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hbanziger
Jul 15, 20193 min read
C - 10 : Making Knowledge a Public Good
One of the two buildings on the photo below (Piazza San Marco) had an ever lasting impact on mankind. Can you guess which one? A) Is it...
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hbanziger
Jul 14, 20192 min read
C - 11 : An Ancient Invention Keeps Us Dry
After yesterday’s heavy reading, something lighter today, What do these three photos below have in common? View of Kotor in Montenegro...
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hbanziger
Jul 13, 20194 min read
C - 12 : Catholic Churches to the West - Orthodox Churches to the East
When travelling from Corfu to Venice, we will cross several borders - five state borders (Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia...
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hbanziger
Jul 12, 20193 min read
C - 13 : The Art of the Precise Location
When you look up the list of important cartographers in Wikipedia, there are 18 names listed for the first 2'000 years up to 1400 AD. 17...
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hbanziger
Jul 11, 20192 min read
C - 14 : Tourism in Dalmatia
One of the few certainties of our sailing this summer is the fact that we are going to run into big tourist crowds. There are more than...
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hbanziger
Jul 10, 20194 min read
C - 15 : How much did a Venetian Trader make
One of the many things we will notice on this year's trip along the Dalmatian coast is how small the Venetian harbours were. I wondered...
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hbanziger
Jul 9, 20193 min read
C - 16 : What is the Style of your Palace?
If you were a Roman Emperor, what style would you use for your palace? Would it emulate Downing Street No 10? The Elysee? The White...
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hbanziger
Jul 8, 20193 min read
C - 17 : Republic of Ragusa
When visiting Dubrovnik the first time 30 years ago, I thought "feels and looks like Venice" and automatically assumed it was a Venetian...
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hbanziger
Jul 7, 20192 min read
C - 18 : Why are the Ancient Harbours in Dalmatia not silted?
Remember our experience in Lydia in 2017 and 2018 when we found ancient ports 4 to 5 miles inland, far away from the current shores? Even...
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