Dolphins!
Position: 38°02’17″N 22°48’42″E You need dolphins – lots of dolphins! Crossing the Gulf of Corinth a couple dozen dolphins took a shine to Aleta and played in her bow wave for a good 30 minutes. As every mariner knows, dolphins …
Category: Underway
Ladybugs, Bird Poop, and Karma
Position: 37°15’14″N 23°06’54″E I am not by nature a superstitious person. As a teen I passed through the normal phase of thinking all life’s experiences are predetermined, but passed it off as an excuse. A couple of lessons on the …
Photos: Sifnos
Position: 36°55’57″N 24°41’19″E The best-known Cyclades islands are household names and global brands. Mykonos, Santorini, Paros and Naxos are the headliners. With direct flights and regular ferry services, those islands’ year-round populations increase by orders of magnitude in July and …
Guest List
Position: 37°18’04″N 26°33’42″E Several people, for reasons we cannot fully explain, want to spend time on Aleta. Some want to learn what the cruising life is like, some would like to carouse, some would like to sail, some would like …
From Our Aegean Correspondent
DATELINE: KOS, JUNETEENTH-ISH 2022 Not all is quiet on Turkey’s western front. Patience inside the country is running short, while tensions with Greece are running high. Couple that with falling tourism, the strange brew that makes peace in this region …
How Lucky Are We?
Position: 36°49’11″N 28°18’25″E Sometime in my early 50s I grew bored with social media. My kids knew as soon as I opened a Facebook account the platform was done for – at least as far as their generation was concerned. …
In the Buff
Position: 36°49’11″N 28°18’25″E With Carol back from swanning around Europe with friends and family, and my return from the hardscrabble world of consulting in the United States, it is time to grease our elbows and get down to the work …
The Only Guide to Turkey You’ll Ever Need
Whether you have always yearned to explore the most European of Asian countries, or the idea of a trip to Istanbul on a whim just entered your head, this guide will tell you everything you need to know for a …
Whirling Dervishes
Position: 37°52’09″N 32°30’58″E Based on my recent survey (p2) 100% of kids growing up in 1960s America were called ‘whirling dervishes’ by their exhausted parents. Given the excellence of international studies in America’s grades K-3 we of course assumed a …