208. Mykonos
The moment has arrived! After a wonderful time on the island of Samos, we sailed west towards the famous Cyclades islands. We had previously visited the western Cyclades, such as Milos, Serifos, Kythnos, but this time we headed to the more well-known islands on the eastern side. First stop: Mykonos! I had always been curious […]
207. Chios and Samos
After a wonderful time on the surprisingly diverse island of Lesbos, we sailed further south in the Aegean Sea to the islands of Chios and Samos. Here are the highlights of both islands from our perspective. Chios This island is not as well known as, for example, Lesbos and Samos. It is about 50 kilometers […]
206. Lesbos
Wonderful to be back on the Greek islands again! Limnos truly surprised us with its varied landscapes and beautiful harbors beneath the island’s high mountains. Then came a long crossing to Lesbos — eight hours of sailing — but it was rewarded with a fantastic week exploring the coastline of Lesbos. SigriWe arrived on the […]
205. Limnos island
After 7 weeks of sailing in Turkey and many lessons learned, we wanted to head south (towards Santorini). We had the choice to either keep sailing along the Turkish coastline (past Izmir and Bodrum) or cross over to the Greek islands for the southern route (Lesbos, Mykonos, etc.). We decided to return to the Greek […]
204. 10 lessons learned Sailing Turkey
After 7 weeks of sailing in Turkey, we decided to sail back to the Greek islands. We wanted to head south (towards Crete) and had the choice either to continue sailing along the Turkish coastline (past Izmir and Bodrum) or to cross over to the Greek islands on the southern route (Lesbos, Mykonos and Santorini). […]
203. Istanbul
While sailing on the Sea of Marmara, we were really looking forward to visiting Istanbul and entering the Bosphorus with our own boat — that would truly be a milestone! Some fun facts about Istanbul on the Bosphorus: When we approached the entrance of the Bosphorus late in the afternoon, we first anchored with a […]
202. Sea of Marmara
After sailing through the Dardanelles, we entered the Sea of Marmara. The Sea of Marmara is the inland sea between Europe and Asia. This is exactly one of those places on Earth that I once saw as a little girl in the school atlas, probably giggled at the name, and now here we are — […]
201. The Dardanelles Strait and the Trojan Horse
We entered Turkey from Greece — I previously wrote a blog about the procedure of checking in as a yacht in Turkey. Now I would love to take you along to one of Turkey’s most impressive waterways. The Dardanelles The Dardanelles (known in Ancient Greek as the Hellespont) is a narrow and highly impressive strait […]
200. Sailing 2025
This is a look back at our sailing year 2025: from Crete through the Cyclades to Athens. Through the Corinth Canal to the Ionian Sea and back again. Along the Sporades islands and the three peninsulas to Chalkidiki, on our way to Turkey, where we celebrated Christmas. Sailing through the Bosphorus in Istanbul and watching […]
199. Welcome to Turkey!
In our most recent blog, I wrote about how, in Alexandroupli – a town in the far northeast of Greece – we officially checked out of Europe. This meant visiting six different authorities over the course of two days: port police, customs, coast guard, harbor master, regular police, and the port authority. Stamps everywhere, forms […]