PASSAGES

“How many times have we flown to the Mediterranean to SailingActs?” Janet and I pondered somewhere over the Atlantic in the wee hours of May 8. At least 50 times, we thought, maybe a little smugly. The smugness of experience dissipated in Athens, where we needed to stay overnight in order to catch the flight …

Blogs from Turkey – 2021

April 11 – Flying with a Whisker Pole April 18 – Alien, trying to be Resident April 24 – The Big Ramadan Bang May 1 – Privilege and Pouting May 8 – Marina Lockdown – The Five People You Meet in “Heaven” May 22 – Blue Creation  

Before Departing…

On May 6 I will be flying to Athens, then hopping a bus to Volos where the “Aldebaran” – soon to be rechristened “SailingActs” – is floating on the waterfront. For 10 days I will be working on the boat: fixing, oiling, scrubbing, replacing, cleaning out years of accumulation from the previous owner. Hopefully when …