アメリカLogan International Airport42°22’15” N 71°1’11” W
イタリアChioggia45°13’11” N 12°16’33” E 2024年3月31日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 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 newもっと詳しく
モンテネグロRt Rađakovo42°26’48” N 18°45’35” E 2024年4月2日, モンテネグロ ⋅ ☀️ 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 howもっと詳しく
モンテネグロŠkurda42°25’33” N 18°46’7” E 2024年4月3日, モンテネグロ ⋅ ☁️ 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 byもっと詳しく
ギリシャMoni Panagia Theotokou39°40’11” N 19°42’4” E 2024年4月4日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 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 prehistoryもっと詳しく
旅行者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]
ギリシャOlympia Archaeological Museum37°38’37” N 21°37’47” E 2024年4月5日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 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 ofもっと詳しく
ギリシャProliménas37°56’29” N 23°37’46” E
ギリシャCrete35°20’33” N 25°8’14” E
2024年4月7日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☁️ 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-alongもっと詳しく
旅行者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
旅行者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"
ギリシャSaint Angelo Tower36°26’47” N 28°13’55” E
2024年4月8日, ギリシャ ⋅ ⛅ 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.もっと詳しく
“Eudaimonia” —- nicely said. The English translation “happiness” doesn’t quite capture it. What do you think? Beautiful pictures. [mgd]
ギリシャSaint Angelo Tower36°26’47” N 28°13’55” E
2024年4月8日, ギリシャ ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
The work speaks for itself.,.,
旅行者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]