What It’s Like to Sail in Extreme Conditions: Big Winds & Stormy Weather
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Growing a Golden Glow Garden
One of the things we really enjoy(ed) on our land-home are the fruits of our orchard and garden. There we have an array of fruit trees (peach, apricot, apple, pear, plum, nectarine, orange, lemon, tangerine, fig, pomegranate, pluot – hybrid of plum/apricot, and pecotum – hybrid of [read more]
Istanbul – The Old City and the Blue Mosque
The 12 million people of Istanbul shared their city with Ellen and me. We love Turkey. The people are warm, humorous and kind. The countryside was diverse and the cities were clean and interesting. We have been able to see the southern coast from Bodrum to Antalya as well as some interior regions [read more]
Provisioning for Paradise in Lau Group, South Pacific – from Field Trip
Another excellent post by Sarah of Field Trip. “Bring more food and provisions than you think you’ll need,” people told us, “because you won’t want to leave the Lau Group once you arrive.” Sarah and her husband, Mark, live on another Antares 44i catamaran with their two children, [read more]
The Art of Weaving Fine Turkish Carpets
I love textile arts and was delighted to stumble upon an artisan weaving a Turkish carpet in Istanbul the other day. I don’t know much about Oriental carpets — just enough to realize you could study the subject for a lifetime and not know everything. But I do admire crafts artistry and [read more]
How You Can Help Syrian Refugees
The Conflict In early 2011, a civil uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began a bloody civil war which has displaced more than 12 million people…and there’s no end in sight. Four years later, the plight of Syrians is the worst humanitarian crisis the world has faced since [read more]
Ballooning Over Cappadocia, Turkey
We spent several days in Cappadocia experiencing the fairy tale landscape of that region of Turkey. Cappadocia is rich with attractions: Great food and wonderful Turkish hospitality Cave Hotels: we stayed in Azure Cave Suites and later Fairyland Cave Hotel, where our rooms were carved from rock [read more]
Blue Grotto in Megisti Kastellorizo Greece
While we were in Kas, we made a day trip by ferry to the island of Megisti, Greece. Megisti means “big” in Greek, which is ironic because this island is the smallest in the Dodocanese. Evidently the name refers to the fact that it’s the largest island in its smaller group of [read more]
Serene Delos, Greece
No visit to the Cyclades in Greece would be complete without a trip to Delos, the literal and figurative center of these islands. The name Cyclades comes from the Greek word kyklos, meaning circle, and the rest of the Cycladic islands encircle sacred Delos. The ruins of all Delos’ [read more]
A Day In Daylan, Turkey
We took a river boat up the Daylan River this weekend and visited ruins, turtles, mud baths and found some Mexican food too. Our Daylan Turkey day in pictures: our riverboat captain’s Turkish music inspired us to dance on the foredeck of the riverboat We left Golden Glow at anchor [read more]
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