G - 138 : The Roman Via Julia Augusta
The Via Julia Augusta between Albenga and Alessio - a Funerary Memorial to the left Sometimes one post leads to the next. Yesterday I...
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hbanziger
Feb 23, 20234 min read
G - 141 : Building ships makes independent
Noli during Summertime - the Beach is covered in a Sea of white Umbrellas 60 kilometers west of Genoa, there is Noli, a quaint Ligurian...
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hbanziger
Feb 20, 20234 min read
G - 144 : Dragoon - the Forgotten Invasion
Plage de Pampelone, the long Sand Beach just south of Saint-Tropez August is the time of the year when people flock to the beaches on the...
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hbanziger
Feb 17, 20235 min read
G - 147 : Mahon - In Search of a Port
Our third week of sailing will start in Port Mahon on the eastern tip of Menorca, the most northern island of the Baleares. Mahon (or Maò...
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hbanziger
Jan 6, 20233 min read
G - 189 : Bankers are good - Galleys are better
There are two reasons behind the meteoric rise of Genoa as first global financial centre. We talked about the first in the last blog:...
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hbanziger
Sep 5, 20224 min read
F + 21: A Storm is Brewing - Nafplio
Last night, we anchored in a bay at the northern tip of Spetses. The island is nowadays know as a place for the rich and famous. Indeed,...
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hbanziger
Aug 22, 20224 min read
F + 7 : Fire in the Bay - Sibyl on the Hill
The Sybil of Erythraia - painted by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel It is rare hat we visit places where world history changed...
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hbanziger
Aug 18, 20225 min read
F + 2 : Gallipoli Day
Another early day - coffee at 7 am - we would lift anchor a few minutes later to sail to the ANZAC Cove where Serhan, our guide and...
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hbanziger
Aug 16, 20224 min read
F + 1 : The Revenge of the Trojans
At 4 am, the rattling of our anchor chain woke me up for a brief moment. The captain was lifting anchor. It was time to sail to Cardak on...
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hbanziger
Aug 15, 20223 min read
F or Departure Day : Green Banners over the Sea of Marmara
After a few sunny but humid days in Istanbul, a thunderstorm woke us up this morning. Black clouds had gathered over the Bosporus, there...
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hbanziger
Aug 8, 20224 min read
F - 7: Alexander - On the Shoulders of a Giant
On a hot summer day this July, I was in the comfortable, cool Hotel Particulier of the “Monnaie de Paris”, the French Mint, We were...
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hbanziger
Aug 4, 20225 min read
F - 11 : Arms Race in the Aegean
Largely unnoticed and overshadowed by the war in the Ukraine, an unhealthy arms race is gaining pace between Turkey and Greece, both...
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hbanziger
Jul 25, 20226 min read
F - 20 : Montreux Convention - More than just a Piece of Paper
One of 50 Russian Warships which sailed in 1921 through the Bosporus to the Mediterranean Standing on the Four Seasons’ terrace that...
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hbanziger
Jul 11, 20224 min read
F - 34 : French Tanks in Istanbul
From the Ferry Terminals at the Golden Horn, all day long, thousands of commuters and tourists arrive or depart for a trip over the...
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hbanziger
Jun 18, 20224 min read
F - 58 : Troy - Greeks looked for Helena but found a powerful Luwian Kingdom
Reconstruction of Troy - The Citadel surrounded by a Palace Garden - the Town with its mighty Walls and the Water Ways in the Valley (all...
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hbanziger
Jun 6, 20224 min read
F - 75 : Xerxes' Canal and Bridges
Thanks to the movie “300” many people are familiar with the heroic stand of 300 Spartans at the Thermopylae against the invading Persian...
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hbanziger
May 11, 20224 min read
F - 101 : Two Flags in the Aegean
Sunday’s piece about Russia’s presidential flag made me wonder about the Greek and Turkish Flag. The horizontal stripes of the Greek flag...
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hbanziger
May 6, 20226 min read
F - 106 : Gallipoli - Armchair Admirals, Armchair Generals and Dead Grunts
As we see these days, it is easy to start a war and make ambitious plans. Maps are patient when generals draw their big blue arrows....
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hbanziger
Apr 22, 20225 min read
F - 120 : Two Hostile NATO Members
Sailling along the Greek – Turkish border is an experience of an extra kind. You can feel the hostility between the two countries - even...
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hbanziger
Apr 17, 20224 min read
F - 125 : Italian Art Deco in the Aegean
If the northerly Meltemi is too strong in our third week of sailing, we continue further south to the Greek island of Leros before...
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