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hbanziger
Aug 10, 20214 min read
E + 29 : Epilogue
How quickly a month goes bye! Seems our journey only started and food shopping in La Valetta feels like something we did yesterday. But...
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hbanziger
Aug 8, 20214 min read
E + 28 : Smoke over Athens
Sun rising over the Gulf of Corinth - the Haze and Smoke made the Sun a Red Fireball Time to say goodbye today to the crew and the boat...
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hbanziger
Aug 6, 20212 min read
E + 27 : Ancient Club Med ++ ?
We all hoped for a calm day and some more water activities in the afternoon. But it was not to be. The rainy weather over Northern Europe...
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hbanziger
Aug 6, 20214 min read
E + 26 : Corinth - Greece's Center of Gravity
Panoramic View from Acrocorinth - Perfect for Monitoring Both Sides of the Isthmus Another early day today. We wanted to visit...
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hbanziger
Aug 5, 20212 min read
E + 25 : Discovering An Acropolis by Chance
On the Way towards Corinth Lazy day today. We had to move 30 miles further east to get closer to Corinth where we want to spend the day...
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hbanziger
Aug 4, 20214 min read
E + 24 : Delphi - Making Money When Stoned
The Sea of Olive Trees near the Town of Etea where we left the AFAET for the Day It is quite hot this week in Greece. Temperatures are...
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hbanziger
Aug 3, 20214 min read
E + 23 : Lepanto - A Strategic Dilemma
Lepanto is today called Nafpaktos - the AFAET just outside the medieval harbor Today is Lepanto Day. Our destination is the Bay of...
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hbanziger
Aug 1, 20214 min read
E + 22 : On Odysseus' Tracks
Odysseus put wax into the Ears of his Men and asked to tie him to the Mast so he would not jump into the sea to follow the bewitching...
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hbanziger
Jul 31, 20214 min read
E + 21 : Where are the Corfiot Italians?
The Old Town of Corfu on Kerkyra as seen from the old Venetian Fortress In Calabria and Apulia, people proudly mention that there are...
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hbanziger
Jul 31, 20214 min read
E + 20 : The End of Dreadnoughts
Technologies often change our lives more than we can imagine. At the beginning of World War I, all major navies believed they would...
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hbanziger
Jul 30, 20213 min read
E + 19 : Ingenuity of Ancient Refrigeration
With the Scirocco pushing us north, we made such good progress that we have a day off in Otranto. Thought we would need a full day for...
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hbanziger
Jul 29, 20214 min read
E + 18 : The Aesthetics of Old Fortifications
The East Coast of Apulia is rather barren - but still protected by Saracen Watch Towers After a day of sailing, swimming and canoeing we...
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hbanziger
Jul 28, 20214 min read
E + 17 : Green Banner over San Angelo?
Yesterday was a new first – except for the crew going shopping in Gallipoli, we did not set foot on land the whole day. The idea was to...
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hbanziger
Jul 27, 20213 min read
E + 16 : Gallipoli and the Time before Petrol
The Photo is not from our drone - we were not allowed to us it - it is from a local restaurant Petroleum and other fossil fuels are so...
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hbanziger
Jul 26, 20214 min read
E + 15 : Plate Tectonics, Coral Beaches and a Baroque Beauty
Lecce, the beautiful Baroque Jewel, in the Heart of Apulia Yesterday the moon set behind the Calabrian mountains. Only 24 hours later,...
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hbanziger
Jul 25, 20215 min read
E + 14 : Cave Town - Steel Town
Sun rise near Porto Policoro at 6 am from the AFAET It’s handover day today. A few unfortunate team members have to leave and return to...
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hbanziger
Jul 23, 20213 min read
E + 13 : Three Towns versus One Marina
The two classical columns were restored after the mud flooding of the Sibari site in 1985 The air was already simmering with heat when we...
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hbanziger
Jul 23, 20214 min read
E + 12 : Trespassing and Breaking in
The rolling hills of Calabria We did not see much of Crotone yesterday. It was already evening when we arrived. We managed to go for a...
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hbanziger
Jul 22, 20214 min read
E + 11 : Kroton - One of the Finest Towns
The one and only column left from the Temple of Hera - the Greek thanked their Mother Earth for the fertility of Kroton with an elaborate...
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hbanziger
Jul 21, 20214 min read
E + 10 : Oggi Chiuso
We stayed at Roccelle Jonica for the night and woke up to this spectacular view Another beautiful day on Calabria’s East Coast. At seven,...
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