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hbanziger
Jan 16, 20225 min read
F - 212 : Greeks - Turks : A Family Dispute
Turkish coffee or Greek coffee? If you order Turkish Coffee in Greece, the waiters tend to ignore you or look at you with big eyes. How...
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hbanziger
Jan 10, 20224 min read
F - 218 : Trade Routes Make Capitals
Was busy the last three weeks writing the Travel Plan for sailing this summer. You find a Pdf copy under “Travel Plan 2022”. With the...
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hbanziger
Dec 21, 20214 min read
F - 238 : Greek Fish love Plate Tectonics
Sailing from Istanbul to Athens next summer, where Genovese galleys once roamed, will take us to many tiny ports where fishermen still go...
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hbanziger
Dec 17, 20214 min read
F - 241 : Beautiful & Healthy with Mastic
On the island of Chios, you do not need to dig for gold. It grows on trees and is called Mastic. Had it for the first-time last year when...
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hbanziger
Dec 13, 20215 min read
F - 245 : The Big Lease - How Byzantium got a 50 Ship Navy in 1261
Feeding the important Genovese Harbour of Chios required many Windmills Driving along the Turkish coast from Bodrum to Troy left me with...
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hbanziger
Dec 10, 20214 min read
F - 248 : Climate Change stopped the Mongols
We write the year 1241/42. The Mongol Army had just wiped out the Polish and Hungarian Knights and took winter quarters in the low lands...
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hbanziger
Dec 3, 20215 min read
F - 255 : Ionia - the Cradle of Christianity?
On a single trip one often learns more than reading many books. This wisdom came to my mind when travelling from Bodrum to Istanbul a few...
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hbanziger
Nov 18, 20214 min read
F - 270 : The End of History - How Plate Tectonics Killed the Business of Ancient Ports
Ever wondered why ancient ports such as Marseille, Naples and Constantinople survived and others like Miletus, Knidos, Kaunas, Ephesus...
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hbanziger
Nov 16, 20212 min read
F - 272 : Travel Itinerary for Summer 2022
Welcome back to the next episode of our travel blog. Next year, we shall continue following Genovese Sailing routes which bound the...
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