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 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 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 6, 20193 min read
C - 19 : Pandemics and Migration
Over the last few days, several of you asked me about the origin of the Croatian people. Where did they come? How did they get to...
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hbanziger
Jun 29, 20194 min read
C - 24 : Alternative History
Can anyone guess how the following three pictures are related to each other? Mone Lisa from Leonardo da Vinci The town of Herceg Novi The...
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hbanziger
Jun 24, 20193 min read
C - 30 : Where are the Albanians from?
Two decades ago, when I met for the first time Albanian people in their national costumes, I believed they must be closely related to...
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hbanziger
Aug 10, 20182 min read
B + 14 : Saint Peter's Church in Antioch
This morning we left the Carpe Diem V behind in the new yacht port of Iskenderun (former Alexandria ad Issue) to drive in one of the...
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hbanziger
Aug 1, 20181 min read
B + 5 : Aspendos - Best preserved Roman Theatre in the World
We thought yesterday was hot... today the heat topped it with 42 C! So glad we can return every evening to the sea where the sweltering...
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hbanziger
Jul 28, 20182 min read
B + 1 : Lycian Towns
First excursion day. The Venetians won't have taken the trouble to visit these sites. By the time they sailed to the Levant, these two...
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hbanziger
Jul 26, 20181 min read
B - 1 : Protection Against the Evil Eye
One day to go! It is so exciting that our sailing starts tomorrow. Once you are on the boat, have a look around and tell me whether you...
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hbanziger
Jul 25, 20182 min read
B - 3 : Kartpostal ou Carte Postale?
One thing we all are going to notice when sailing in Turkish waters is how many French words there are in the Turkish language. Of a...
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hbanziger
Jul 20, 20183 min read
B - 7 : Minaretts and Domes
On our journey along the Anatolian coast, we will not only see many old Byzantine churches. We are going to see many more mosques with...
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hbanziger
Jul 15, 20182 min read
B - 12 : Where is our Alphabet from?
The Phoenicians on the Levante coast did not only give us glass ware, purple dye, olive oil and cedar trees, their most important...
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hbanziger
Jul 10, 20182 min read
B - 16 : Does Google Translate Speak Aramaic?
Was reviewing the Roman recipes i wanted to write about today and suddenly thought why writing about something we could actually prepare...
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hbanziger
Jul 9, 20182 min read
B - 17 : The Institution of Household Slaves
The word “household slave” seems strange to us today but in the Roman Empire it was a well known term. Half of all slaves (2.5m) worked...
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hbanziger
Jul 8, 20182 min read
B - 18 : Unsatisfiable Demand for Slaves
Ever wondered why there are so many black street vendors in Rome selling fake Louis Vitton bags when - according to Italian authorities -...
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hbanziger
Jul 27, 20173 min read
A - 1 : Travelling Like The Royals
Now that our bags are backed, we wondered who actually invented them. Why do we have the urge to bring a lot of stuff with us when we are...
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hbanziger
Jun 30, 20172 min read
A - 2 : How Abayas saved the Perfumes
Every summer, many Arabs from Saudi Arabia and the Golf Countries descend on London to escape the brutal heat of their home countries....
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hbanziger
Jun 20, 20172 min read
A - 4 : Why we get to eat our Pyramid
When having Lebanese mezze with my colleagues in the Marush on Edgware Road one day, I did not occur to me that I would be sitting in...
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