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Sailing in Greece: Hydra

As a Leonard Cohen fan, Hydra had to be on the itinerary for me. It was on this Greek island that he played his first

Sunrise at Ermioni Harbour, Greece

Sailing in Greece: Sounion and Ermioni

With the weather forecast predicting high winds, we headed for a harbour after anchoring for one night off Sounion. There, overlooked by the Temple of

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