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 […]
198. Thasos and Kavala
In our previous blog, we wrote about the three peninsulas of Chalkidiki in northeastern Greece, including Mount Athos, an autonomous monastic territory consisting of 20 Orthodox monasteries. We then continued sailing eastward, passing the places Kavala, the island of Thasos, and ending in Alexandroupoli—the last place in Greece before the Turkish border comes into view. […]
197. Chalkidiki and Mount Athos
After the beautiful Sporades islands, we headed back to mainland Greece. North of the Sporades lies Chalkidiki. When you look at the map of Greece, its shape immediately stands out. This region consists of three long peninsulas stretching into the deep blue Aegean Sea: the westernmost is Kassandra, followed by Sithonia, and then Agion Oros. […]
196. Sporades islands
After visiting the Loutra Thermal Baths, we sailed further north and arrived at the Sporades Islands. This is an island group in the northwestern part of the Aegean Sea and consists of 19 islands, of which 8 are inhabited. The largest island is Skyros, with an area of approximately 206 km². The word “Sporades” means “scattered” […]
195. Chalkis and Loutra Thermal Baths
We enjoyed being in Messolonghi with the delta, lagoons and rivers! When we would sail further west, we would return to familiar ground, the Ionian Sea again, with islands like Lefkas, Kefalonia and Zakynthos where we have been before. So we decided to go eastwards again, because we would meet friends and family in the […]
194. Messolonghi
After we sailed under the bridge of Patras, we entered the Gulf of Patras. The water here is quite open and offers pleasant sailing conditions. Gulf of PatrasThe weather was still beautiful, and we sailed along the coast. There are several lovely bays and, because you are on the western side of the water, you […]