We amassed a lot of Schengen time during our yard work days back in Planaco Marina and it was time to make our way out of Europe and head back towards Turkiye. Our planned route skirted us north through the Euboean Gulf on a very “sporty” sail day. “Sporty” is what Mark likes to …
And here we go… This is Lucas, master of engines. Over the winter he serviced both our engines and replaced the sail drive baffles. After the boat was launched, he came aboard and made sure everything was water tight and running great. And we appreciated his hard work. When Lucas speaks, you swear it’s …
One last stop before we launched, we paid a visit to our friend Spyros at his boat chandlery “Marmarinos” to buy some line…and of course to see his store window. Spyros is a storyteller and we love a good story. He’s the master of allegory who uses his storefront window as his paper and his …
Back on Aegina, it was time for the last bit of yard work to finish getting the boat ready to splash. First up, was getting our bottom painted. Never underestimate the joy of having a fresh bottom. A spiffy new coat of anti-fouling and Bedouin looked ready for swimsuit season. We also did …
Sometimes when you tell your map app to navigate you to a place, you end up on an unplanned adventure. That’s exactly where we ended up on our way to Çanakkale. When we were told to turn off the main road, we just did what the app said. At one point we wondered if …
The last stop our on grand Turkish road trip was to visit Hisarlik—believed to be the famed city of Troy and setting Homer used for his epic poem. On our way, we drove through Çanakkale, where the Trojan horse from the Brad Pitt movie Troy stands near the city’s harbor. The Hollywood horse was …
Since the Bakkers and we had already seen the ancient ruins of Ephesus, we left Pamukkale and headed over to two towns nearby; Laodicea and Aphrodisias. Laodicea The Laodiceans get a shout out from the apostle Paul in his epistle to the Colossians. We made a visit to the church of Laodicea which rewarded us …
Our trip into Pamukkale was to see the living embodiment of its glossy travel posters; that famous terraced calcified hill overflowing with jaw-dropping azure pools. So it came as a bit of a shock as it seemed we may have arrived twenty or so years too late—they’ve mostly dried up. And when we asked …
After 8 hours on the road we may have been a little tired when we arrived at our next stop. And, admittedly, a bit melancholy that the wind conditions had stopped us from taking to the air in one of Cappadocia’s famous balloons. So when we checked into the Bellamaritimo Hotel and the owner Harlin …
