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hbanziger
Mar 26, 20224 min read
F - 147 : Finding a Way around the Meltemi
Wind conditions in the Aegean played a major role in our route planning for summer 2022. Every year, from June to September, the Meltemi...
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hbanziger
Mar 24, 20224 min read
F - 149 : Turkish Wines
Most people who come to Turkey would not associate the country with wine production. But the wine list in Istanbul’s restaurants is...
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hbanziger
Mar 22, 20225 min read
F - 151 : Ethnic Cleansing 100 Years ago
Muslim Refugees in 1922 - the Steamboat at the back is from the Turkish Red Crescent When sailing along the Turkish-Greek border in the...
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hbanziger
Mar 17, 20224 min read
F - 156 : Popes and Patriarchs
Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill meeting in Cuba in 2016 Media these days are full of news of the horrors of war in the Ukraine. The...
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hbanziger
Mar 10, 20224 min read
F - 164 : What's all the Fuss about Mussaqqa'a?
One of the world’s most prominent food controversies is about who invented yoghurt. My blog F - 183 talked about it. An equally intense...
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hbanziger
Mar 9, 20224 min read
F - 165 : More Powerful than 45'000 Nukes
This summer we are going to see many abandoned and destroyed ancient cities. Our sailing route through the Aegean is full of them. As we...
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hbanziger
Mar 6, 20226 min read
F - 163 : Legacies of Byzantium
Trying to find remnants of old Byzantium in modern Istanbul is quite a task. Of course the Theodosian Walls which once protected...
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hbanziger
Mar 2, 20225 min read
F - 167 : Honey versus Cruise Missiles
At times when cruise missiles and artillery shells rain down on civilians in Kiev and Kharkov, it is worth remembering that human...
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hbanziger
Feb 23, 20224 min read
F - 174 : Sex in Ancient Greece
Visiting the ceramics departments in a Greek museums is fun. My sentence has a double meaning though. The exhibits make you marvel how...
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hbanziger
Feb 21, 20225 min read
F - 176 : 25 Years of Greco-Turkish Wars
The Balkan War 1912 - 1913 was a Precursor to the First World War 1914 - 1918 When we sail in the Aegean, we have to carefully respect...
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hbanziger
Feb 18, 20225 min read
F - 179 : The Business of Looting Ancient Art
On the holy sanctuary island of Delos, 12 lions once stood on the majestic Terrace of the Lions, greeting visitors on their way to...
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hbanziger
Feb 16, 20223 min read
F - 181 : Turquoise Waters, Small Fish and Perfect Buoyancy
Cristal Clear Water on the Turkish Coast with the ever present Gulets Was always fascinated by the crystal clear, turquoise waters of the...
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hbanziger
Feb 14, 20224 min read
F - 183: Yoghurt - Neither Greek nor Turkish
Love watching Greek and Turkish people arguing about the origin of “their” yoghurt. They are passionate and argue like football fans....
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hbanziger
Feb 12, 20225 min read
F - 185 : The Greek Roots of Aqueducts
YouTube is full of clips about Rome’s eleven aqueducts. Of course, the > 800 kilometers long water supply network that took centuries to...
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hbanziger
Feb 8, 20225 min read
F - 189 : Stirrups and Bow - Innovations that Changed World History
Love asking questions for which you can’t easily find an answers in traditional history books. One of them is why the Seljuk and Ottoman...
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hbanziger
Jan 30, 20224 min read
F - 198 : Kolonya - Cologne?
Every country has its charming hospitality tradition. When you go out for dinner in Turkey, there is a bottle of Kolonya on your table to...
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hbanziger
Jan 27, 20224 min read
F - 201 : Ariousios - The World's Finest Port?
Always wondered why people in antiquity mixed wine with water. Wine was not consumed undiluted as we drink it today. It was served during...
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hbanziger
Jan 26, 20223 min read
F - 202 : Snowiest Town in the Mediterranean? Istanbul!
Istanbul, Tuesday 25 January 2022 Late last night, my smart phone beeped. A text message from Turkish Airline read: "Your flight has been...
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hbanziger
Jan 25, 20225 min read
F -203 : The Sultanate of Women
There are many fascinating aspects of the Ottoman Empire which we are going to discover this summer. One of them is the Sultanate of...
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hbanziger
Jan 19, 20225 min read
F - 209 : Bye to Poverty - Welcome to Freedom and Prosperity - Greek Emigration
Greek Immigrants in New York - Could not find the Date of the Photo - prob. around WW1 Planned to write about the Sultanate of Women this...
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