Cretan Adventures
Part 6 – Escape from Crete and Flight Home WARNING! This episode contains graphic descriptions of personal and medical issues that...
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Jul 23, 202313 min read
Cretan Adventures
Part 5 – Sitia, Modern Minoans and the Cretan Medical System Our return drive from Kato Zakros to Sitia was shorter and more...
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Jul 9, 20236 min read
Cretan Adventures
Part 4 – Minoans of Zakros, Kato Zakros and Sitia At the far eastern end of Crete lies another ancient Minoan ruin, the remains of the...
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Jun 25, 20236 min read
Cretan Adventures
Part 3 – The Minoan Path to Zeus After our venture to the Minoan sites in central Crete, we returned to Heraklion for some ‘down time’...
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Jun 11, 20236 min read
Cretan Adventures
Part 2 – Minoans of Phaistos and Gortyn The two most important attractions for me, as a writer and student of languages, are the...
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May 28, 20236 min read
Cretan Adventures
Part 1- The Minoans – Knossos Before I launch into the first of these “Cretan Adventures”, I think I should first tell you something...
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Jul 17, 20221 min read
Take a Break?
I wasn’t sure how I was going to write this one, so I’ll just begin by saying I’m going to take a break, a short pause in my ‘travel...
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Jul 3, 20224 min read
Frankfurt’s Apfelwein
Whoops! It must have slipped my mind, but when I wrote the last two tales about Beer, Booze and other Beverages, I completely missed...
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Jun 19, 202211 min read
Beer, Booze and other Beverages
Part 2 – Spirits, Liqueurs and other Dangerous Drinks Carrying on from Part 1, I first want to talk about some other wines, beginning...
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May 29, 20227 min read
Beer, Booze and other Beverages
Part 1 – Tea, Coffee, Wine and Beer Over the years, readers have often asked me if I was a serious drinker, or even if I was an...
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May 8, 20226 min read
Lunch at Villa Delia
Anybody who has lived near Greater Vancouver in recent years should be familiar with the name Umberto Menghi. For those die-hard...
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Apr 24, 20224 min read
Ancient ‘Secrets’ of Greece’s Parthenon
The name ‘Parthenon’ immediately conjures up iconic images of a Greek temple like the most famous one on the acropolis in Athens. In...
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Apr 10, 20224 min read
The Saga of Seven Greekophiles Part 2
Just a quick note before we continue our crazy tale: The shipwreck that I refer to in this section is the famous iconic photo you see in...
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Mar 27, 20225 min read
The Saga of Seven Greekophiles Part 1
Here we are, back in the Greek islands, one of our favourite places to be! I mention in the title the term ‘Greekophile’, for someone...
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Mar 13, 20226 min read
Germany’s Bonanza Ranch
Katzweiler/Pfalz Bonanza Ranch What? Bonanza Ranch? Are you talking about a popular TV series that ran through the sixties? No, this...
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Feb 27, 20224 min read
The Multi-Story Restaurant
Ankara, Turkey For years we looked at Turkey as a possible travel destination. We always hesitated because of our lack of knowledge of...
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Feb 13, 20225 min read
The Fairy Penguins of Phillip Island
“The Penguin Parade” Here we are again ‘Down Under”. We had taken the train from Sydney to Melbourne, an interesting trip passing...
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Jan 30, 20229 min read
Our Russian Adventures: Part 6
“Dachas and ‘Real Russians’” In any story about Russia, or Russians, the word ‘dacha’ will appear. The Russian Dacha is an important...
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Jan 16, 20226 min read
Our Russian Adventures: Part 5
“Russian Roads and Rivers” Another great adventure that our Russian friends had planned. We each packed a small bag with enough for a...
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Jan 2, 20229 min read
Our Russian Adventures Part 4
“Palaces and Restaurants” Eventually, the Russians wore us down, and we decided to visit them in Russia. Actually, it did not take much...
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