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Like Lou Reed Says
29. März in den USA ⋅ 🌬 43 °F
“It’s the beginning of a great adventure.”
29. März in den USA ⋅ 🌬 43 °F
“It’s the beginning of a great adventure.”
ItalienVenetienChioggia45°13’11” N 12°16’33” E 31. März in Italien ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
Antenor was a counselor to King Priam; like his war foe Odysseus, he was known for being “crafty”. He joined Aeneas in the escape from the flames of Troy, but when their expedition for a newWeiterlesen
Reisender Guy whose luggage was lost by Lufthansa. I thought Germans were supposed to be uber-efficient?
MontenegroKotorGlavatiRt Rađakovo42°26’48” N 18°45’35” E 2. April in Montenegro ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
We anchored in Gruzh, the same place Rebecca Wells and her husband are staying when she says “I can’t bear Dubrovnik.” (BLACK LAMB AND GREY FALCON) and then proceeds to describe in detail howWeiterlesen
MontenegroKotorŠkurda42°25’33” N 18°46’7” E 3. April in Montenegro ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
The best experience of Kotor is approaching it, then leaving it -because it sits at the bottom of a fish-hook-shaped fjord that is gaspingly beautiful. Folding cliffs are fringed at the shore byWeiterlesen
GriechenlandIonian IslandsDimos CorfuPalaiokastrítsaMoni Panagia Theotokou39°40’11” N 19°42’4” E 4. April in Griechenland ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
Today we sailed into the home of the richest mythology in the world and moored on the island that is believed to have inspired Shakespeare’s TEMPEST. Already everything seems touched by prehistoryWeiterlesen
Reisender ALL our luggage was lost by Lufthansa (so much for Germans being models of efficiency) then we couldn’t land in Split because of high winds. But it reached us when we docked in Dubrovnik- our stewards were almost happier than we were!
Looks lovely! And seems the winds have lessened. We had a pretty good NE Tempest here last two days. Winter again. You are missing nothing! [Patience]
GriechenlandWest GreeceDimos OlympiaArchaía OlympíaOlympia Archaeological Museum37°38’37” N 21°37’47” E 5. April in Griechenland ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Pausanias was a Greek adventurer and geographer who was the earliest travel blogger, 2nd century AD. It was he who first branded the Seven Wonders of the World. Our journey is visiting the sites ofWeiterlesen
GriechenlandAttikaDimos PiraeusChatzikiriákionProliménas37°56’29” N 23°37’46” E
6. April in Griechenland ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
We sailed into the grand and ancient port of Piraeus at dawn: the growing light revealed an enormous billboard celebrating the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Salamis, which by saving the cityWeiterlesen
GriechenlandKretaDimos HeraklionBendevísKreta35°20’33” N 25°8’14” E
7. April in Griechenland ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
Is the literal meaning of “acropolis,” and the multi-cultural population of a city visits it every day, In 480 BC, sixteen year old Pericles, his friend Sophocles, and their precocious tag-alongWeiterlesen
Reisender Before you leave Athens, I hope you'll enact Socrates's opening lines in Plato's Republic (i.e., go down to the Piraeus ...) is it a long walk though? otherwise, thanks for the informative travelogue and the reminder about the ravages of British imperialism, courtesy Lord Elgin and so many others. onward! MGD
Reisender Piraeus must have been a half day’s walk because it’s a thirty minute city drive. It’s an impressive town, tho, very much its own character, and attractive. We had planned to use the Metro but the Piraeus station wss closed both days we were there due to "technical difficulties"
8. April in Griechenland ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
When I was 12 years old, I was torn between being an actor or an archeologist. My parents gave me a large coffee table book about Crete and Mycenae and I pored over it for hours, dreaming of Knossos.Weiterlesen
Reisender Is the red paint? Or some kind of dye? What about the white designs? Gorgeous!
“Eudaimonia” —- nicely said. The English translation “happiness” doesn’t quite capture it. What do you think? Beautiful pictures. [mgd]
8. April in Griechenland ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
The work speaks for itself.,.,
Reisender It’s been amazing, better than expected and expectations were high. ;-)
Reisender Bon voyage, guys...
From Lou to Odysseus, “And now, tell me and tell me true. Where have you been wandering, and in what countries have you traveled? Tell us of the peoples themselves, and of their cities—who were hostile, savage and uncivilized, and who, on the other hand, hospitable and humane?" Enjoy the journey, dear Penguins! [MGD & JFF]