Stories from travels in

Europe

Sailing in Greece: Kea

More than once on this trip, the Titanic has been mentioned. Maybe we’d all been channelling arriving on Kea because it was off the coast

Sailing in Greece: Serifos

I’m discovering all sorts of stuff about myself and my capacity to deal with life on the high seas. I’ve learned that Aegean sea is

Sailing in Greece: Kythnos

We didn’t get to board the boat until 5 pm so I had plenty of time to second and third think the wisdom of signing

Sailing in Greece: Lavrio

It’s a tad difficult to get my head around the fact that for the last 18 months or so, I’ve been keeping close contacts to

Tall statue of a woman dressed in plastic in front of Keszthely palace

Zala, Hungary

Zala megye (county) in southwestern Hungary borders both Croatia and Slovenia. In pre-Hungarian days, the village of Zalavár was quite a metropolis. Today, it’s home

Zadar, Croatia

I’ve a very long bucket list of places I want to see before I depart for the hereafter. High up on that list was the

Čakovec, Croatia

Once the site of the first-century Roman town of Aquama, itself a marsh, a military post, and a legionnaire camp, the Croatian city of Čakovec

The Hungarian Maldives

We had a plan. Three stops, culminating with the hard-to-imagine Hungarian Maldives. Having never been to the Maldives, I had little to work with. I