Beauty and the Bay
A few more pics from our visit to Bozukkale, because a bay this lovely shouldn’t be upstaged by a broken castle.
Ruins
Never Too Old For A Field Trip
It’s pretty common as you sail around, to find yourself anchored near the same boats you were anchored next to at a different bay. You get to know the super friendly ones and look forward to meeting again sometime in a future anchorage. Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been anchoring near many of …
Ruined Ruins
Mark tries to paddle board to shore every morning for a jog—he’s been consistently running for about 15 years, and only the wildest of wind or waves will stop him from paddling to shore and going for a run. I love his jogging because he often previews everything surrounding our anchorage and then takes me …
Temple of Aphaia
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.
Back to the Bronze Age
Just an hour drive from our anchorage in Epidaurus, we transported ourselves back to the Bronze Age—to 1300 BC, where there once stood a great Mycenaean palace. Remnants of the great wall remain, but it is now hemmed in by olive groves. During the Bronze Age, Mycenae was a powerful kingdom, perhaps echoed in …