A few more pics from our visit to Bozukkale, because a bay this lovely shouldn't be upstaged by a broken castle...
Our road trip to see family was one of the highlights of all our adventures of late. We left Rome by ship which stopped in Genoa—the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. Despite finding ourselves in...
We left the boat in good hands back in Aegina and have headed to Italy. Mark had been shopping for airline tickets to get us back home to Oregon via Florida where our youngest daughter...
Our first full sailing season is in the books. Here’s 12 lessons we’ve learned: 1. Everything on a boat is designed specifically to grab your toes and rip them off your feet or bludgeon them into...
Golden hour right here in our backyard on Aegina. A visit to the Temple of Aphaia was a majestic way to close up a long couple of work weeks and say goodbye to a charming island...
This little text showed up on our phones one evening while we were dry docked in the marina and still living on the boat. This isn't our first rodeo with an indecipherable Greek text. Thankfully, our...
We bought a bucket at the hardware store today and made the mistake of setting it down while we enjoyed a nice lunch. Not long after we turned our backs on the bucket, it was commandeered by a cat. ...
Meet our new friend Spyros. He is a man of many talents. He owns a chandlery on Aegina that seems to contain an endless treasure trove of nautical supplies. Mark and I often call his store “Aladdin’s...
An unfortunate discovery was recently made during one of the many trips we took to the local hardware store on Aegina. Usually we pay in cash but this time we used our credit card which had our...
The island of Aegina became our home for a couple weeks while we closed down the boat. These little scenes became so familiar to our eyes and yet we never lost our sense of awe for this lovely town...