{"id":3702,"date":"2025-06-25T19:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/begegnungen\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T18:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T18:55:19","slug":"encounters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/encounters\/","title":{"rendered":"Encounters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:15px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:15px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-grid-wrapper fusion-blog-no\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:15px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -15px !important; margin-right:-15px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-no-meta-info fusion-blog-layout-grid fusion-blog-layout-grid-2 isotope fusion-blog-equal-heights\" data-pages=\"0\" data-grid-col-space=\"30\" style=\"margin: -15px -15px 0;min-height:500px;\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-4187\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4187 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-october-2023-basel\/\" aria-label=\"20 October 2023 \u2013 Basel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1652\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karte-Canal-Du-Midi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karte-Canal-Du-Midi-200x85.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karte-Canal-Du-Midi-400x169.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karte-Canal-Du-Midi-600x254.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karte-Canal-Du-Midi-800x338.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karte-Canal-Du-Midi-1200x507.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karte-Canal-Du-Midi.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-october-2023-basel\/\" aria-label=\"20 October 2023 \u2013 Basel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2227\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CNE-Ankunft-Oktober-2023-Daniel.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4192\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CNE-Ankunft-Oktober-2023-Daniel-200x297.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CNE-Ankunft-Oktober-2023-Daniel-400x594.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CNE-Ankunft-Oktober-2023-Daniel-600x891.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CNE-Ankunft-Oktober-2023-Daniel-800x1188.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CNE-Ankunft-Oktober-2023-Daniel-1200x1782.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CNE-Ankunft-Oktober-2023-Daniel.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CNE-Ankunft-Oktober-2023-Daniel.png\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4187]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"CNE Ankunft Oktober 2023 Daniel\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-october-2023-basel\/\">20 October 2023 \u2013 Basel<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Yes, I did it: I travelled around Europe, all by water, in a rigid inflatable boat, the ArgoFram! After three stages, I arrived here in Marseille, closing the circle \u2013 happy, but exhausted. R\u00e9mis recognised this (without knowing me) and [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4175\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4175 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/15-september-2023-marseille-regis\/\" aria-label=\"15 September 2023 \u2013 Marseille: R\u00e9gis\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Marseille.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Marseille-200x85.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Marseille-400x169.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Marseille-600x254.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Marseille-800x338.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Marseille-1200x508.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Marseille.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/15-september-2023-marseille-regis\/\" aria-label=\"15 September 2023 \u2013 Marseille: R\u00e9gis\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marseille-Regis-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4172\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marseille-Regis-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marseille-Regis-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marseille-Regis-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marseille-Regis-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marseille-Regis-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marseille-Regis-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marseille-Regis-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4175]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Marseille R\u00e9gis\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/15-september-2023-marseille-regis\/\">15 September 2023 \u2013 Marseille: R\u00e9gis<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>We get up, shower in the harbour building, have a small breakfast on board, the taxi arrives \u2013 Michelle gets in, gets out again, one last kiss, and she\u2019s gone. \u2013 Will we ever see each other again?<\/p>\n<p>I go [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4163\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4163 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/14-september-2023-villefranche-sur-mer-peter-sue\/\" aria-label=\"14 September 2023 \u2013 Villefranche Sur Mer: Peter &#038; Sue\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Villefranche-Sur-Mer.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Villefranche-Sur-Mer-200x85.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Villefranche-Sur-Mer-400x169.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Villefranche-Sur-Mer-600x254.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Villefranche-Sur-Mer-800x338.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Villefranche-Sur-Mer-1200x508.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Villefranche-Sur-Mer.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/14-september-2023-villefranche-sur-mer-peter-sue\/\" aria-label=\"14 September 2023 \u2013 Villefranche Sur Mer: Peter &#038; Sue\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Villefranche-Sur-Mer-Peter-Sue-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4160\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Villefranche-Sur-Mer-Peter-Sue-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Villefranche-Sur-Mer-Peter-Sue-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Villefranche-Sur-Mer-Peter-Sue-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Villefranche-Sur-Mer-Peter-Sue-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Villefranche-Sur-Mer-Peter-Sue-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Villefranche-Sur-Mer-Peter-Sue-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Villefranche-Sur-Mer-Peter-Sue-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4163]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Villefranche Sur Mer (Peter &#038; Sue)\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/14-september-2023-villefranche-sur-mer-peter-sue\/\">14 September 2023 \u2013 Villefranche Sur Mer: Peter &#038; Sue<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In the morning, Michelle goes for another jog along the long beach at Calvi, I do my strength training and gymnastics \u2013 and then we take a last swim together, shower in the harbour building and set off for Monaco: [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4151\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4151 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/13-september-2023-calvi-jean-and-lea\/\" aria-label=\"13 September 2023 \u2013 Calvi: Jean and Lea\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Calvi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Calvi-200x85.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Calvi-400x169.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Calvi-600x254.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Calvi-800x338.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Calvi-1200x508.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Calvi.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/13-september-2023-calvi-jean-and-lea\/\" aria-label=\"13 September 2023 \u2013 Calvi: Jean and Lea\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Calvi-Jean-und-Lea-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4148\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Calvi-Jean-und-Lea-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Calvi-Jean-und-Lea-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Calvi-Jean-und-Lea-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Calvi-Jean-und-Lea-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Calvi-Jean-und-Lea-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Calvi-Jean-und-Lea-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Calvi-Jean-und-Lea-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4151]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Calvi Jean und Lea\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/13-september-2023-calvi-jean-and-lea\/\">13 September 2023 \u2013 Calvi: Jean and Lea<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>After this heavenly night in a quiet bay, we set off early for Calvi, moor at this spacious, \u201copen\u201d harbour, check in with the motivated team at the harbour master\u2019s office, rinse off our salt water \u2013 and first of [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4139\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4139 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/12-september-2023-41-749170-8-684008-michelle\/\" aria-label=\"12 September 2023 &#8211; 41.749170, 8.684008: Michelle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-41.749170-8.684008.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-41.749170-8.684008-200x85.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-41.749170-8.684008-400x169.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-41.749170-8.684008-600x254.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-41.749170-8.684008-800x338.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-41.749170-8.684008-1200x508.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-41.749170-8.684008.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/12-september-2023-41-749170-8-684008-michelle\/\" aria-label=\"12 September 2023 &#8211; 41.749170, 8.684008: Michelle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ma-Belle-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4136\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ma-Belle-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ma-Belle-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ma-Belle-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ma-Belle-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ma-Belle-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ma-Belle-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ma-Belle-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4139]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Ma Belle\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/12-september-2023-41-749170-8-684008-michelle\/\">12 September 2023 &#8211; 41.749170, 8.684008: Michelle<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Ma Belle    <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4127\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4127 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/11-september-2023-bonifacio-arnold\/\" aria-label=\"11 September 2023 \u2013 Bonifacio: Arnold\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Bonifacio.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Bonifacio-200x85.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Bonifacio-400x169.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Bonifacio-600x254.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Bonifacio-800x338.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Bonifacio-1200x508.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-Bonifacio.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/11-september-2023-bonifacio-arnold\/\" aria-label=\"11 September 2023 \u2013 Bonifacio: Arnold\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bonifacio-Alfred-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4124\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bonifacio-Alfred-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bonifacio-Alfred-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bonifacio-Alfred-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bonifacio-Alfred-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bonifacio-Alfred-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bonifacio-Alfred-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bonifacio-Alfred-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4127]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Bonifacio Alfred\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/11-september-2023-bonifacio-arnold\/\">11 September 2023 \u2013 Bonifacio: Arnold<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>On our way to Corsica, we cross the Arcipelago Di La Maddalena, a breathtakingly beautiful island paradise and nature reserve. We drop anchor in a shallow, turquoise-blue spot surrounded by a dozen sailing boats that seem to have already spent [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4115\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4115 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/10-september-2023-poltu-quatu-pietro\/\" aria-label=\"10 September 2023 \u2013 Poltu Quatu: Pietro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1822\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Poltu-Quatu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Poltu-Quatu-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Poltu-Quatu-400x179.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Poltu-Quatu-600x268.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Poltu-Quatu-800x357.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Poltu-Quatu-1200x536.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Poltu-Quatu.jpg 1822w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/10-september-2023-poltu-quatu-pietro\/\" aria-label=\"10 September 2023 \u2013 Poltu Quatu: Pietro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poltu-Quatu-Pietro.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4112\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poltu-Quatu-Pietro-200x122.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poltu-Quatu-Pietro-400x245.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poltu-Quatu-Pietro-600x367.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poltu-Quatu-Pietro-800x490.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poltu-Quatu-Pietro.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poltu-Quatu-Pietro.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4115]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Poltu Quatu (Pietro)\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/10-september-2023-poltu-quatu-pietro\/\">10 September 2023 \u2013 Poltu Quatu: Pietro<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Michelle has a special talent for challenging me with pointed statements, perhaps to test me? \u2013 I remain true to myself; fortunately, we always find common ground. Otherwise, we spend carefree hours, heading north again today along the coast, anchoring [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4103\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4103 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/9-september-2023-arbatax-mhairi-rod-and-james\/\" aria-label=\"9 September 2023 \u2013 Arbatax: Mhairi, Rod and James\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1822\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Arbatax.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Arbatax-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Arbatax-400x179.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Arbatax-600x268.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Arbatax-800x357.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Arbatax-1200x536.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Arbatax.jpg 1822w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/9-september-2023-arbatax-mhairi-rod-and-james\/\" aria-label=\"9 September 2023 \u2013 Arbatax: Mhairi, Rod and James\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Arbatax-Mhairi-Rod-sowie-Stuart-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4100\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Arbatax-Mhairi-Rod-sowie-Stuart-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Arbatax-Mhairi-Rod-sowie-Stuart-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Arbatax-Mhairi-Rod-sowie-Stuart-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Arbatax-Mhairi-Rod-sowie-Stuart-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Arbatax-Mhairi-Rod-sowie-Stuart-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Arbatax-Mhairi-Rod-sowie-Stuart-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Arbatax-Mhairi-Rod-sowie-Stuart-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4103]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Arbatax Mhairi &#038; Rod sowie Stuart\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/9-september-2023-arbatax-mhairi-rod-and-james\/\">9 September 2023 \u2013 Arbatax: Mhairi, Rod and James<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>We do as instructed, leave the harbour early, head north, anchor in the wonderfully clear water below the castle \u2013 and already the first rays of sunshine are dancing behind the rocks. We cut open a watermelon, and Michelle can\u2019t [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4091\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4091 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/8-september-2023-marettimo-tommaso\/\" aria-label=\"8 September 2023 \u2013 Marettimo: Tommaso\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1822\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Marettimo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Marettimo-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Marettimo-400x179.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Marettimo-600x268.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Marettimo-800x357.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Marettimo-1200x536.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Marettimo.jpg 1822w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/8-september-2023-marettimo-tommaso\/\" aria-label=\"8 September 2023 \u2013 Marettimo: Tommaso\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marettimo-Tommaso-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4088\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marettimo-Tommaso-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marettimo-Tommaso-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marettimo-Tommaso-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marettimo-Tommaso-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marettimo-Tommaso-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marettimo-Tommaso-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marettimo-Tommaso-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4091]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Marettimo Tommaso\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/8-september-2023-marettimo-tommaso\/\">8 September 2023 \u2013 Marettimo: Tommaso<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>When I\u2019m travelling \u201cas a couple\u201d, my attention is no longer primarily directed outwards, but also inwards, towards my companion. Michelle is wonderful, athletic and direct; we take stock of what is important to us and quickly find common ground. [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4079\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4079 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/2-september-2023-marsala-raphaele-with-amy-antonio-and-davide\/\" aria-label=\"2 September 2023 \u2013 Marsala: Raphaele with Amy, Antonio and Davide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1822\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Marsala.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Marsala-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Marsala-400x179.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Marsala-600x268.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Marsala-800x357.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Marsala-1200x536.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Marsala.jpg 1822w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/2-september-2023-marsala-raphaele-with-amy-antonio-and-davide\/\" aria-label=\"2 September 2023 \u2013 Marsala: Raphaele with Amy, Antonio and Davide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Masala-Raphaele-mit-Amy-Antonio-und-Davide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4076\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Masala-Raphaele-mit-Amy-Antonio-und-Davide-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Masala-Raphaele-mit-Amy-Antonio-und-Davide-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Masala-Raphaele-mit-Amy-Antonio-und-Davide-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Masala-Raphaele-mit-Amy-Antonio-und-Davide.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Masala-Raphaele-mit-Amy-Antonio-und-Davide.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4079]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Masala Raphaele mit Amy, Antonio und Davide\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/2-september-2023-marsala-raphaele-with-amy-antonio-and-davide\/\">2 September 2023 \u2013 Marsala: Raphaele with Amy, Antonio and Davide<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I set off early, leaving Lampedusa behind and heading for Pantelleria. This is another isolated island, nestled around a volcanic peak over 800 metres high (meaning that the climate is more humid than on the flat, deserted island of Lampedusa). [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4061\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4061 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/1-september-2023-lampedusa-vittorio-elena-giovanni-and-renzo-monica-as-well-as-alessio-giovanni-giuseppe-and-francesco\/\" aria-label=\"1 September 2023 \u2013 Lampedusa: Vittorio, Elena &#038; Giovanni and Renzo &#038; Monica, as well as Alessio, Giovanni, Giuseppe and Francesco\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1822\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lampedusa.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lampedusa-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lampedusa-400x179.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lampedusa-600x268.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lampedusa-800x357.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lampedusa-1200x536.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lampedusa.jpg 1822w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/1-september-2023-lampedusa-vittorio-elena-giovanni-and-renzo-monica-as-well-as-alessio-giovanni-giuseppe-and-francesco\/\" aria-label=\"1 September 2023 \u2013 Lampedusa: Vittorio, Elena &#038; Giovanni and Renzo &#038; Monica, as well as Alessio, Giovanni, Giuseppe and Francesco\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2223\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-Lampedusa.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4195\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-Lampedusa-200x296.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-Lampedusa-400x593.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-Lampedusa-600x889.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-Lampedusa-800x1186.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-Lampedusa-1200x1778.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-Lampedusa.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-Lampedusa.png\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4061]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Fotos Lampedusa\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/1-september-2023-lampedusa-vittorio-elena-giovanni-and-renzo-monica-as-well-as-alessio-giovanni-giuseppe-and-francesco\/\">1 September 2023 \u2013 Lampedusa: Vittorio, Elena &#038; Giovanni and Renzo &#038; Monica, as well as Alessio, Giovanni, Giuseppe and Francesco<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Once again, I went up to Valletta\u2019s old town, had a good breakfast, then drove from my parking spot to the petrol station in the marina, filled up with petrol and radioed the port authorities to let them know I [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4049\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4049 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/31-august-2023-valletta-malta-sanju\/\" aria-label=\"31 August 2023 \u2013 Valletta, Malta: Sanju\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1822\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Malta-Valetta.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Malta-Valetta-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Malta-Valetta-400x179.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Malta-Valetta-600x268.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Malta-Valetta-800x357.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Malta-Valetta-1200x536.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Malta-Valetta.jpg 1822w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/31-august-2023-valletta-malta-sanju\/\" aria-label=\"31 August 2023 \u2013 Valletta, Malta: Sanju\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Valletta-Malta-Sanju-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4046\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Valletta-Malta-Sanju-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Valletta-Malta-Sanju-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Valletta-Malta-Sanju-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Valletta-Malta-Sanju-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Valletta-Malta-Sanju-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Valletta-Malta-Sanju-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Valletta-Malta-Sanju-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4049]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Valletta Malta Sanju\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/31-august-2023-valletta-malta-sanju\/\">31 August 2023 \u2013 Valletta, Malta: Sanju<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Off to Malta! Out into the open Mediterranean! \u2013 I don\u2019t know exactly what I\u2019m doing. With a leaky pontoon. Without any telephone or internet contact to the \u201coutside world\u201d. And on top of that, one of the displays on [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4037\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4037 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/30-august-2023-portopalo-gino-and-corredo\/\" aria-label=\"30 August 2023 \u2013 Portopalo: Gino and Corredo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1822\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Portopalo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Portopalo-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Portopalo-400x179.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Portopalo-600x268.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Portopalo-800x357.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Portopalo-1200x536.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Portopalo.jpg 1822w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/30-august-2023-portopalo-gino-and-corredo\/\" aria-label=\"30 August 2023 \u2013 Portopalo: Gino and Corredo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Portopalo-Gino-und-Corredo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4034\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Portopalo-Gino-und-Corredo-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Portopalo-Gino-und-Corredo-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Portopalo-Gino-und-Corredo-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Portopalo-Gino-und-Corredo-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Portopalo-Gino-und-Corredo-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Portopalo-Gino-und-Corredo.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Portopalo-Gino-und-Corredo.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4037]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Portopalo Gino und Corredo\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/30-august-2023-portopalo-gino-and-corredo\/\">30 August 2023 \u2013 Portopalo: Gino and Corredo<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Wind and waves lash against the coast, the ArgoFram rocks violently, seawater splashes over the windows into my cockpit, I reduce my speed \u2013 but everything is fine so far, all the pontoons are filled with air and it\u2019s not [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4025\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4025 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/29-august-2023-syracuse-gaetano\/\" aria-label=\"29 August 2023 \u2013 Syracuse: Gaetano\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1822\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Syrakus.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Syrakus-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Syrakus-400x179.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Syrakus-600x268.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Syrakus-800x357.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Syrakus-1200x536.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Syrakus.jpg 1822w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/29-august-2023-syracuse-gaetano\/\" aria-label=\"29 August 2023 \u2013 Syracuse: Gaetano\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Syrakus-Gaetano-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4022\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Syrakus-Gaetano-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Syrakus-Gaetano-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Syrakus-Gaetano-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Syrakus-Gaetano-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Syrakus-Gaetano-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Syrakus-Gaetano-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Syrakus-Gaetano-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4025]\"  title=\"oppo_1024\" data-title=\"oppo_1024\" data-caption=\"oppo_1024\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/29-august-2023-syracuse-gaetano\/\">29 August 2023 \u2013 Syracuse: Gaetano<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Finally in Syracuse \u2013 a place I\u2019ve longed to visit, the city and place of work of Archimedes! I\u2019ve been to Sicily many times, but this is my first time here.<\/p>\n<p>While Pythagoras provided more theoretical insights and taught me [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4013\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4013 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/27-august-2023-catania-massimo\/\" aria-label=\"27 August 2023 \u2013 Catania: Massimo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1822\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Catania.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Catania-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Catania-400x179.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Catania-600x268.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Catania-800x357.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Catania-1200x536.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Catania.jpg 1822w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/27-august-2023-catania-massimo\/\" aria-label=\"27 August 2023 \u2013 Catania: Massimo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Catania-Massimo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4010\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Catania-Massimo-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Catania-Massimo-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Catania-Massimo-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Catania-Massimo-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Catania-Massimo-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Catania-Massimo-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Catania-Massimo-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4013]\"  title=\"oppo_1024\" data-title=\"oppo_1024\" data-caption=\"oppo_1024\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/27-august-2023-catania-massimo\/\">27 August 2023 \u2013 Catania: Massimo<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Another 300 km, another few hours on the water, another ideal sea \u2013 but this time with a worried view of the pontoon, which is actually losing air again. What\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Sunday. Marko has contacted the manufacturer of [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4001\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4001 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/26-august-2023-crotone-andrea\/\" aria-label=\"26 August 2023 \u2013 Crotone: Andrea\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1822\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Crotone.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Crotone-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Crotone-400x179.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Crotone-600x268.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Crotone-800x357.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Crotone-1200x536.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Crotone.jpg 1822w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/26-august-2023-crotone-andrea\/\" aria-label=\"26 August 2023 \u2013 Crotone: Andrea\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1804\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Crotone-Andrea-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3998\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Crotone-Andrea-200x141.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Crotone-Andrea-400x282.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Crotone-Andrea-600x423.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Crotone-Andrea-800x564.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Crotone-Andrea-1200x846.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Crotone-Andrea-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Crotone-Andrea-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4001]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Crotone Andrea\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/26-august-2023-crotone-andrea\/\">26 August 2023 \u2013 Crotone: Andrea<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The weather is fantastic; I say goodbye to the border authorities and Greece, sail in large loops around the winding bay back into the open Ionian Sea and set course directly for Crotone in Italy. The 300 km or so [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3989\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3989 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/25-august-2023-argostoli-on-kefalonia-gemy-maria-nicky-and-dimitris\/\" aria-label=\"25 August 2023 \u2013 Argostoli on Kefalonia: Gemy, Maria, Nicky and Dimitris\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kefalonia-Argostoli.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kefalonia-Argostoli-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kefalonia-Argostoli-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kefalonia-Argostoli-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kefalonia-Argostoli-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kefalonia-Argostoli-1200x534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kefalonia-Argostoli.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/25-august-2023-argostoli-on-kefalonia-gemy-maria-nicky-and-dimitris\/\" aria-label=\"25 August 2023 \u2013 Argostoli on Kefalonia: Gemy, Maria, Nicky and Dimitris\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1566\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Argostoli-Kefalonia-Gemy-Maria-Nicky-und-Dimitris-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3986\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Argostoli-Kefalonia-Gemy-Maria-Nicky-und-Dimitris-200x122.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Argostoli-Kefalonia-Gemy-Maria-Nicky-und-Dimitris-400x245.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Argostoli-Kefalonia-Gemy-Maria-Nicky-und-Dimitris-600x367.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Argostoli-Kefalonia-Gemy-Maria-Nicky-und-Dimitris-800x489.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Argostoli-Kefalonia-Gemy-Maria-Nicky-und-Dimitris-1200x734.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Argostoli-Kefalonia-Gemy-Maria-Nicky-und-Dimitris-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Argostoli-Kefalonia-Gemy-Maria-Nicky-und-Dimitris-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3989]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Argostoli (Kefalonia) Gemy, Maria, Nicky und Dimitris\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/25-august-2023-argostoli-on-kefalonia-gemy-maria-nicky-and-dimitris\/\">25 August 2023 \u2013 Argostoli on Kefalonia: Gemy, Maria, Nicky and Dimitris<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Now it\u2019s time to move on \u2013 conditions look good for the next few days and I\u2019m thinking about heading to Crotone in Italy, the former home of Milon of Croton (Milon lived in the sixth century BC and was [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3977\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3977 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/23-august-2023-katakolo-harbour-master-girlfriend\/\" aria-label=\"23 August 2023 \u2013 Katakolo: Harbour master &#038; girlfriend\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Katakolo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Katakolo-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Katakolo-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Katakolo-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Katakolo-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Katakolo-1200x534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Katakolo.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/23-august-2023-katakolo-harbour-master-girlfriend\/\" aria-label=\"23 August 2023 \u2013 Katakolo: Harbour master &#038; girlfriend\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1853\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Katakolo-Hafenmeister-Freundin-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3974\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Katakolo-Hafenmeister-Freundin-200x145.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Katakolo-Hafenmeister-Freundin-400x290.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Katakolo-Hafenmeister-Freundin-600x434.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Katakolo-Hafenmeister-Freundin-800x579.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Katakolo-Hafenmeister-Freundin-1200x869.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Katakolo-Hafenmeister-Freundin-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Katakolo-Hafenmeister-Freundin-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3977]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Katakolo Hafenmeister &#038; Freundin\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/23-august-2023-katakolo-harbour-master-girlfriend\/\">23 August 2023 \u2013 Katakolo: Harbour master &#038; girlfriend<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Katakolo is something of a place I have always longed to visit, even though I have never been there before\u2026 Here is the long bay that served as a landing place for participants and visitors to the Olympic Games for [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3965\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3965 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/21-august-2023-finikuda-jan\/\" aria-label=\"21 August 2023 \u2013 Finikuda: Jan\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Finikuda.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Finikuda-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Finikuda-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Finikuda-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Finikuda-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Finikuda-1200x534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Finikuda.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/21-august-2023-finikuda-jan\/\" aria-label=\"21 August 2023 \u2013 Finikuda: Jan\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1942\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Finikuda-Jan-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3962\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Finikuda-Jan-200x152.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Finikuda-Jan-400x303.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Finikuda-Jan-600x455.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Finikuda-Jan-800x607.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Finikuda-Jan-1200x910.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Finikuda-Jan-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Finikuda-Jan-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3965]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Finikuda Jan\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/21-august-2023-finikuda-jan\/\">21 August 2023 \u2013 Finikuda: Jan<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Once again, Georges was right\u2026 once again, I\u2019m being hit by waves from the north that aren\u2019t visible on the weather apps! This time, I\u2019m on my way from Crete to the Peloponnese, so I\u2019m staying a little further north [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3941\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3941 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-august-2023-palaiochora-janis-konstantinos-with-his-father-andreas\/\" aria-label=\"20 August 2023 \u2013 Palaiochora: Janis, Konstantinos with his father Andreas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kreta-Palaiochora.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kreta-Palaiochora-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kreta-Palaiochora-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kreta-Palaiochora-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kreta-Palaiochora-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kreta-Palaiochora-1200x534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kreta-Palaiochora.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-august-2023-palaiochora-janis-konstantinos-with-his-father-andreas\/\" aria-label=\"20 August 2023 \u2013 Palaiochora: Janis, Konstantinos with his father Andreas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"361\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Palaiochora-Janis-Konstantinos-und-Vater-Andreas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3938\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Palaiochora-Janis-Konstantinos-und-Vater-Andreas-200x301.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Palaiochora-Janis-Konstantinos-und-Vater-Andreas.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Palaiochora-Janis-Konstantinos-und-Vater-Andreas.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3941]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Palaiochora Janis, Konstantinos und Vater Andreas\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-august-2023-palaiochora-janis-konstantinos-with-his-father-andreas\/\">20 August 2023 \u2013 Palaiochora: Janis, Konstantinos with his father Andreas<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Gavdos was really good for me. I like this island \u2013 apart from the landlady and her husband, the policewoman and the e-bike rental guy, I didn\u2019t make any contacts, so this time it\u2019s the island itself that I\u2019ve taken [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3929\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3929 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/19-august-2023-gavdos-karave-restaurant\/\" aria-label=\"19 August 2023 \u2013 Gavdos: Karave restaurant\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Gavdos.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Gavdos-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Gavdos-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Gavdos-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Gavdos-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Gavdos-1200x534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Gavdos.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/19-august-2023-gavdos-karave-restaurant\/\" aria-label=\"19 August 2023 \u2013 Gavdos: Karave restaurant\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2073\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gavdos.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3926\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gavdos-200x166.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gavdos-400x332.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gavdos-600x498.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gavdos-800x663.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gavdos-1200x995.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gavdos.jpg 2500w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gavdos.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3929]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Gavdos\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/19-august-2023-gavdos-karave-restaurant\/\">19 August 2023 \u2013 Gavdos: Karave restaurant<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Gavdos \u2013 my destination today, the southernmost point of Europe!<\/p>\n<p>The conditions on the south side of Crete are excellent (while the waves are raging in the north) and I soon arrive in Karave, the tranquil harbour in the east [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3917\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3917 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/august-18-2023-ireapetra-on-crete-michael\/\" aria-label=\"August 18, 2023 \u2013 Ireapetra on Crete: Michael\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kreta-Ireapetra.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kreta-Ireapetra-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kreta-Ireapetra-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kreta-Ireapetra-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kreta-Ireapetra-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kreta-Ireapetra-1200x534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kreta-Ireapetra.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/august-18-2023-ireapetra-on-crete-michael\/\" aria-label=\"August 18, 2023 \u2013 Ireapetra on Crete: Michael\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ireapetra-Michael-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3914\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ireapetra-Michael-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ireapetra-Michael-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ireapetra-Michael-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ireapetra-Michael-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ireapetra-Michael-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ireapetra-Michael-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ireapetra-Michael-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3917]\"  title=\"oppo_2\" data-title=\"oppo_2\" data-caption=\"oppo_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/august-18-2023-ireapetra-on-crete-michael\/\">August 18, 2023 \u2013 Ireapetra on Crete: Michael<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It happened just as Georges predicted! \u2013 I don\u2019t choose a direct route, but head slightly north, straight toward the waves. Just like I did in the Baltic Sea. But the interval between waves is now a little longer, three [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3905\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3905 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/17-august-2023-plimmyri-on-rhodes-georgiopuli\/\" aria-label=\"17 August 2023 \u2013 Plimmyri on Rhodes: Georgiopuli\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Rhodos-Plimmyri.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Rhodos-Plimmyri-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Rhodos-Plimmyri-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Rhodos-Plimmyri-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Rhodos-Plimmyri-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Rhodos-Plimmyri-1200x534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Rhodos-Plimmyri.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/17-august-2023-plimmyri-on-rhodes-georgiopuli\/\" aria-label=\"17 August 2023 \u2013 Plimmyri on Rhodes: Georgiopuli\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plimmyri-Georges-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3902\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plimmyri-Georges-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plimmyri-Georges-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plimmyri-Georges-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plimmyri-Georges-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plimmyri-Georges-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plimmyri-Georges-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plimmyri-Georges-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3905]\"  title=\"oppo_2\" data-title=\"oppo_2\" data-caption=\"oppo_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/17-august-2023-plimmyri-on-rhodes-georgiopuli\/\">17 August 2023 \u2013 Plimmyri on Rhodes: Georgiopuli<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I zigzag my way around Turkish peninsulas to Rhodes, an island I once cycled around and got to know very well. And I imagined what it would be like to sail into this harbour, passing under the Colossus (a huge [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3893\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3893 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/\" aria-label=\"16 August 2023 \u2013 Kos: Peter and Leandro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kos.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kos-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kos-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kos-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kos-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kos-1200x534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Kos.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/\" aria-label=\"16 August 2023 \u2013 Kos: Peter and Leandro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kos-Peter-und-Leandro-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3890\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kos-Peter-und-Leandro-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kos-Peter-und-Leandro-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kos-Peter-und-Leandro-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kos-Peter-und-Leandro-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kos-Peter-und-Leandro-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kos-Peter-und-Leandro-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kos-Peter-und-Leandro-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3893]\"  title=\"oppo_2\" data-title=\"oppo_2\" data-caption=\"oppo_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-august-2023-kos-peter-and-leandro\/\">16 August 2023 \u2013 Kos: Peter and Leandro<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Still a little sleepy, I set off for Kalymnos, sail to the best spot in the harbour, stop there for a while (no more than an hour, warns the harbour master), stroll through the old town and enjoy an ice [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3881\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3881 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/15-august-2023-lipsi-tom\/\" aria-label=\"15 August 2023 \u2013 Lipsi: Tom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lipsi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lipsi-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lipsi-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lipsi-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lipsi-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lipsi-1200x534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lipsi.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/15-august-2023-lipsi-tom\/\" aria-label=\"15 August 2023 \u2013 Lipsi: Tom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lipsi-Tom-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3878\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lipsi-Tom-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lipsi-Tom-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lipsi-Tom-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lipsi-Tom-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lipsi-Tom-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lipsi-Tom-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lipsi-Tom-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3881]\"  title=\"oppo_2\" data-title=\"oppo_2\" data-caption=\"oppo_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/15-august-2023-lipsi-tom\/\">15 August 2023 \u2013 Lipsi: Tom<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Lipsi is just across the way, a stone\u2019s throw from Patmos (and also from Akri): 250 inhabitants, many times that number of tourists in summer, quiet but not sleepy, authentic but not folkloric, no \u201cgood\u201d beaches but inviting bathing bays, [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3869\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3869 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/14-august-2025-patmos-janis-natascha\/\" aria-label=\"14 August 2025 \u2013 Patmos: Janis &#038; Natascha\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Patmos.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Patmos-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Patmos-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Patmos-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Patmos-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Patmos-1200x534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Patmos.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/14-august-2025-patmos-janis-natascha\/\" aria-label=\"14 August 2025 \u2013 Patmos: Janis &#038; Natascha\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1987\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Patmos-Janis-Natascha-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3866\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Patmos-Janis-Natascha-200x155.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Patmos-Janis-Natascha-400x310.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Patmos-Janis-Natascha-600x466.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Patmos-Janis-Natascha-800x621.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Patmos-Janis-Natascha-1200x931.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Patmos-Janis-Natascha-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Patmos-Janis-Natascha-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3869]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Patmos Janis &#038; Natascha\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/14-august-2025-patmos-janis-natascha\/\">14 August 2025 \u2013 Patmos: Janis &#038; Natascha<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The next morning, as I leave Akri Bay, I notice that countless other yachts (with everything and everyone you could possibly want on board) are anchored in the countless bays along the coast and near small, uninhabited islands \u2013 yes, [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3857\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3857 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/13-august-2025-akri-levtaris-mirada\/\" aria-label=\"13 August 2025 \u2013 Akri: Levtaris &#038; Mirada\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Akri.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Akri-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Akri-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Akri-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Akri-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Akri-1200x534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Akri.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/13-august-2025-akri-levtaris-mirada\/\" aria-label=\"13 August 2025 \u2013 Akri: Levtaris &#038; Mirada\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1941\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Akri-Levtaris-Mirada-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3854\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Akri-Levtaris-Mirada-200x152.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Akri-Levtaris-Mirada-400x303.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Akri-Levtaris-Mirada-600x455.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Akri-Levtaris-Mirada-800x607.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Akri-Levtaris-Mirada-1200x910.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Akri-Levtaris-Mirada-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Akri-Levtaris-Mirada-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3857]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Akri Levtaris &#038; Mirada\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/13-august-2025-akri-levtaris-mirada\/\">13 August 2025 \u2013 Akri: Levtaris &#038; Mirada<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Following Manos\u2019 recommendation, I take a short trip to Akri, the smallest permanently inhabited island in Greece: around 40 inhabitants, no school, but two restaurants (for day trippers and owners of small yachts). And Manos was right: crystal clear water, [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3952\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3952 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/12-august-2025-pythagorea-samos-manos\/\" aria-label=\"12 August 2025 Pythagorea (Samos): Manos\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Samos-Pythagoria.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Samos-Pythagoria-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Samos-Pythagoria-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Samos-Pythagoria-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Samos-Pythagoria-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Samos-Pythagoria-1200x534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Samos-Pythagoria.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/12-august-2025-pythagorea-samos-manos\/\" aria-label=\"12 August 2025 Pythagorea (Samos): Manos\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"958\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20230812-WA0007.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3949\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20230812-WA0007-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20230812-WA0007-400x299.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20230812-WA0007-600x449.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20230812-WA0007-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20230812-WA0007-1200x898.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20230812-WA0007.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20230812-WA0007.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3952]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"IMG-20230812-WA0007\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/12-august-2025-pythagorea-samos-manos\/\">12 August 2025 Pythagorea (Samos): Manos<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I set off for Chios, an island west of Izmir. It\u2019s funny how a small stretch of sea separates Greece (the EU) from Turkey (Asia) \u2013 different languages, different mentality, different culture and politics today; it was different two to [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3844\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3844 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/11-august-2025-plomari-patelis\/\" aria-label=\"11 August 2025 \u2013 Plomari: Patelis\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lesbos-Plomari.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lesbos-Plomari-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lesbos-Plomari-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lesbos-Plomari-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lesbos-Plomari-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lesbos-Plomari-1200x534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lesbos-Plomari.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/11-august-2025-plomari-patelis\/\" aria-label=\"11 August 2025 \u2013 Plomari: Patelis\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plomari-Patelis-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3841\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plomari-Patelis-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plomari-Patelis-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plomari-Patelis-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plomari-Patelis-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plomari-Patelis-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plomari-Patelis-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Plomari-Patelis-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3844]\"  title=\"oppo_0\" data-title=\"oppo_0\" data-caption=\"oppo_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/11-august-2025-plomari-patelis\/\">11 August 2025 \u2013 Plomari: Patelis<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Launching the boat in the nearby harbour off Dimitris\u2019 workshop is tricky, as it is shallow and littered with rocks, and I actually have to get used to the moving \u201cground\u201d again. After a few manoeuvres, I gain confidence in [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3832\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3832 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/31-july-2023-mytilene-on-lesbos-dimitris-team\/\" aria-label=\"31 July 2023 \u2013 Mytilene on Lesbos: Dimitris &#038; Team\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lesbos-Mytilini.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lesbos-Mytilini-200x89.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lesbos-Mytilini-400x178.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lesbos-Mytilini-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lesbos-Mytilini-800x356.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lesbos-Mytilini-1200x534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CNE-Lesbos-Mytilini.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/31-july-2023-mytilene-on-lesbos-dimitris-team\/\" aria-label=\"31 July 2023 \u2013 Mytilene on Lesbos: Dimitris &#038; Team\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG20230811170732-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3829\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG20230811170732-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG20230811170732-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG20230811170732-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG20230811170732-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG20230811170732-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG20230811170732-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG20230811170732-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3832]\"  title=\"oppo_2\" data-title=\"oppo_2\" data-caption=\"oppo_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/31-july-2023-mytilene-on-lesbos-dimitris-team\/\">31 July 2023 \u2013 Mytilene on Lesbos: Dimitris &#038; Team<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The sea may seem so lovely, but one short, violent wave while sailing fast and the whole project is in trouble! \u2013 I have thought about what my goal is for this trip.<br>\nIn addition to getting to know the country [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3820\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3820 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/28-july-2023-dikili-goeksel-suat-and-a-friend\/\" aria-label=\"28 July 2023 \u2013 Dikili: G\u00f6ksel, Suat and a friend\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"861\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-03-Dikili.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-03-Dikili-200x91.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-03-Dikili-400x181.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-03-Dikili-600x272.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-03-Dikili-800x363.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-03-Dikili-1200x544.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-03-Dikili.png 1900w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/28-july-2023-dikili-goeksel-suat-and-a-friend\/\" aria-label=\"28 July 2023 \u2013 Dikili: G\u00f6ksel, Suat and a friend\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dikili-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3817\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dikili-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dikili-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dikili-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dikili-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dikili-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dikili-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dikili-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3820]\"  title=\"oppo_2\" data-title=\"oppo_2\" data-caption=\"oppo_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/28-july-2023-dikili-goeksel-suat-and-a-friend\/\">28 July 2023 \u2013 Dikili: G\u00f6ksel, Suat and a friend<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I actually wanted to go to Ayvalik, a (chic) place with a new harbour and a petrol station. I needed to fill up. But the petrol station is closed for maintenance, of all days\u2026 So on to Dikili. My destination [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3808\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3808 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/26-july-2023-canakkale-troy-emel\/\" aria-label=\"26 July 2023 \u2013 \u00c7anakkale (Troy): Emel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"861\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-02-Canakkale.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-02-Canakkale-200x91.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-02-Canakkale-400x181.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-02-Canakkale-600x272.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-02-Canakkale-800x363.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-02-Canakkale-1200x544.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-02-Canakkale.png 1900w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/26-july-2023-canakkale-troy-emel\/\" aria-label=\"26 July 2023 \u2013 \u00c7anakkale (Troy): Emel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Canakkale-Troja-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3805\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Canakkale-Troja-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Canakkale-Troja-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Canakkale-Troja-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Canakkale-Troja-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Canakkale-Troja-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Canakkale-Troja-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Canakkale-Troja-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3808]\"  title=\"oppo_16\" data-title=\"oppo_16\" data-caption=\"oppo_16\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/26-july-2023-canakkale-troy-emel\/\">26 July 2023 \u2013 \u00c7anakkale (Troy): Emel<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>And now we\u2019re heading into the next bottleneck, the Hellespont, or in today\u2019s parlance, the Dardanelles. A historic and legendary area, where the love story of Hero and Leander is set\u2026 Strong currents do indeed regularly test shipping here, but [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3796\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3796 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/25-july-2023-asmali-kemal\/\" aria-label=\"25 July 2023 \u2013 Asmali: Kemal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"861\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-01-Asmali-Marmara.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-01-Asmali-Marmara-200x91.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-01-Asmali-Marmara-400x181.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-01-Asmali-Marmara-600x272.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-01-Asmali-Marmara-800x363.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-01-Asmali-Marmara-1200x544.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-5-01-Asmali-Marmara.png 1900w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/25-july-2023-asmali-kemal\/\" aria-label=\"25 July 2023 \u2013 Asmali: Kemal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1794\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asmali-Marmara-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3793\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asmali-Marmara-200x140.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asmali-Marmara-400x280.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asmali-Marmara-600x421.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asmali-Marmara-800x561.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asmali-Marmara-1200x841.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asmali-Marmara-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asmali-Marmara-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3796]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Asmali (Marmara)\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/25-july-2023-asmali-kemal\/\">25 July 2023 \u2013 Asmali: Kemal<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Another delicious, hearty breakfast with Nasin in a restaurant near \u201cmy\u201d harbour in Istanbul, then I say goodbye to him and his friends \u2013 onward through the Bosporus to the Sea of Marmara, to the marble quarry island of Marmara, [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3783\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3783 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/23-july-2023-istanbul-nasin\/\" aria-label=\"23 July 2023 \u2013 Istanbul: Nasin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1786\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-07-Istanbul.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-07-Istanbul-200x97.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-07-Istanbul-400x193.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-07-Istanbul-600x290.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-07-Istanbul-800x386.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-07-Istanbul-1200x579.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-07-Istanbul.png 1786w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/23-july-2023-istanbul-nasin\/\" aria-label=\"23 July 2023 \u2013 Istanbul: Nasin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Istanbul-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3780\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Istanbul-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Istanbul-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Istanbul-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Istanbul-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Istanbul-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Istanbul-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Istanbul-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3783]\"  title=\"oppo_34\" data-title=\"oppo_34\" data-caption=\"oppo_34\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/23-july-2023-istanbul-nasin\/\">23 July 2023 \u2013 Istanbul: Nasin<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The winds are favourable again, the sea is calm, and I set off early \u2013 first to Eregli (to refuel) and then straight on to Istanbul. And again, just like before Sinop, the waves pile up an hour before I [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3771\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3771 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/22-july-2023-ilyasbey-jakob-and-iahia\/\" aria-label=\"22 July 2023 \u2013 Ilyasbey: Jakob and Iahia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1786\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-06-Ilyasbey.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-06-Ilyasbey-200x97.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-06-Ilyasbey-400x193.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-06-Ilyasbey-600x290.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-06-Ilyasbey-800x386.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-06-Ilyasbey-1200x579.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-06-Ilyasbey.png 1786w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/22-july-2023-ilyasbey-jakob-and-iahia\/\" aria-label=\"22 July 2023 \u2013 Ilyasbey: Jakob and Iahia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ilyassbey-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3768\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ilyassbey-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ilyassbey-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ilyassbey-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ilyassbey-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ilyassbey-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ilyassbey-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ilyassbey-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3771]\"  title=\"oppo_16\" data-title=\"oppo_16\" data-caption=\"oppo_16\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/22-july-2023-ilyasbey-jakob-and-iahia\/\">22 July 2023 \u2013 Ilyasbey: Jakob and Iahia<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The winds are favourable \u2013 I continue along the impressive north coast of Turkey: high mountain ridges that drop steeply to the sea and seem somewhat repellent. On the map, I discover a new harbour, much too large to belong [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3757\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3757 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-july-2023-sinop-naizin\/\" aria-label=\"20 July 2023 \u2013 Sinop: Naizin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1786\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-05-Sinop.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-05-Sinop-200x97.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-05-Sinop-400x193.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-05-Sinop-600x290.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-05-Sinop-800x386.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-05-Sinop-1200x579.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-05-Sinop.png 1786w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-july-2023-sinop-naizin\/\" aria-label=\"20 July 2023 \u2013 Sinop: Naizin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sinop-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3754\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sinop-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sinop-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sinop-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sinop-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sinop-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sinop-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sinop-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3757]\"  title=\"oppo_2\" data-title=\"oppo_2\" data-caption=\"oppo_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-july-2023-sinop-naizin\/\">20 July 2023 \u2013 Sinop: Naizin<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>What I am asking myself here in Trabzon is: would it be better to spend a few days immersing myself in one place and then travel longer distances at a time, rather than hopping around every day? Perhaps this has [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3745\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3745 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/18-july-2023-trabzon-kazim-sali-and-koeksal\/\" aria-label=\"18 July 2023 \u2013 Trabzon: Kazim, Sali and K\u00f6ksal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1786\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-04-Trabzon.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-04-Trabzon-200x97.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-04-Trabzon-400x193.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-04-Trabzon-600x290.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-04-Trabzon-800x386.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-04-Trabzon-1200x579.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-04-Trabzon.png 1786w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/18-july-2023-trabzon-kazim-sali-and-koeksal\/\" aria-label=\"18 July 2023 \u2013 Trabzon: Kazim, Sali and K\u00f6ksal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trabzon-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3742\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trabzon-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trabzon-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trabzon-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trabzon-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trabzon-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trabzon-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trabzon-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3745]\"  title=\"oppo_2\" data-title=\"oppo_2\" data-caption=\"oppo_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/18-july-2023-trabzon-kazim-sali-and-koeksal\/\">18 July 2023 \u2013 Trabzon: Kazim, Sali and K\u00f6ksal<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I discussed the mess with David \u2013 under these conditions, it is better to use common sense and accept reality: once you give in to blackmail, you risk being blackmailed again and again. The officials didn\u2019t seem to be in [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3733\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3733 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/15-july-2023-poti-david\/\" aria-label=\"15 July 2023 \u2013 Poti: David\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1786\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-03-Poti.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-03-Poti-200x97.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-03-Poti-400x193.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-03-Poti-600x290.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-03-Poti-800x386.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-03-Poti-1200x579.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-03-Poti.png 1786w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/15-july-2023-poti-david\/\" aria-label=\"15 July 2023 \u2013 Poti: David\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poti-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3730\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poti-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poti-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poti-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poti-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poti-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poti-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Poti-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3733]\"  title=\"oppo_34\" data-title=\"oppo_34\" data-caption=\"oppo_34\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/15-july-2023-poti-david\/\">15 July 2023 \u2013 Poti: David<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>With the help of Evgeny, a highly professional clearance agent, we complete our departure from Russia \u2013 back to the Sochi Grand Marina, this time to the customs area, where we finalise the last papers and get them stamped. With [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3721\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3721 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/7-july-2023-sochi-alexander\/\" aria-label=\"7 July 2023 \u2013 Sochi: Alexander\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1786\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-01-Sotschi.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-01-Sotschi-200x97.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-01-Sotschi-400x193.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-01-Sotschi-600x290.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-01-Sotschi-800x386.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-01-Sotschi-1200x579.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-4-01-Sotschi.png 1786w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/7-july-2023-sochi-alexander\/\" aria-label=\"7 July 2023 \u2013 Sochi: Alexander\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1906\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sochi-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3718\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sochi-200x269.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sochi-400x537.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sochi-600x806.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sochi-800x1074.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sochi-1200x1612.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sochi-scaled.jpg 1906w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sochi-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3721]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Sochi\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/7-july-2023-sochi-alexander\/\">7 July 2023 \u2013 Sochi: Alexander<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Once again, Lena and I have to go from one government office to another in Anapa to get to Sochi \u2013 luckily, we are informed about the \u201cspecial situation\u201d due to potential attacks from the Ukrainian side (I had been [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3693\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3693 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/4-july-2023-anapa-sergej-and-vova\/\" aria-label=\"4 July 2023 \u2013 Anapa: Sergej and Vova\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1755\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-10-Anapa.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-10-Anapa-200x98.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-10-Anapa-400x197.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-10-Anapa-600x295.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-10-Anapa-800x394.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-10-Anapa-1200x591.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-10-Anapa.png 1755w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/4-july-2023-anapa-sergej-and-vova\/\" aria-label=\"4 July 2023 \u2013 Anapa: Sergej and Vova\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-26-Anapa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3688\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-26-Anapa-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-26-Anapa-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-26-Anapa-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-26-Anapa-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-26-Anapa-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-26-Anapa.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-26-Anapa.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3693]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 26 Anapa\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/4-july-2023-anapa-sergej-and-vova\/\">4 July 2023 \u2013 Anapa: Sergej and Vova<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Passing the many ships after the Kerch Bridge is very impressive \u2013 but I am already faced with a challenge: how do I get to Anapa without GPS, especially as it will soon be completely dark? I switch on the [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3679\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3679 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/3-july-2023-kerch-evgeny-und-sergej\/\" aria-label=\"3 July 2023 \u2013 Kerch: Evgeny und Sergej\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1755\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-09-Kertsch.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-09-Kertsch-200x98.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-09-Kertsch-400x197.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-09-Kertsch-600x295.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-09-Kertsch-800x394.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-09-Kertsch-1200x591.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-09-Kertsch.png 1755w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/3-july-2023-kerch-evgeny-und-sergej\/\" aria-label=\"3 July 2023 \u2013 Kerch: Evgeny und Sergej\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-25-Kertsch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3676\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-25-Kertsch-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-25-Kertsch-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-25-Kertsch-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-25-Kertsch-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-25-Kertsch-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-25-Kertsch.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-25-Kertsch.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3679]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 25 Kertsch\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/3-july-2023-kerch-evgeny-und-sergej\/\">3 July 2023 \u2013 Kerch: Evgeny und Sergej<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Lena is tough! \u2013 Barely back on her feet (and with a fresh splint on her forearm), she wants to continue the journey with the ArgoFram. The weather and conditions in the Sea of Azov are excellent\u2026 let\u2019s go. Passing [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3666\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3666 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/28-june-2023-yeysk-oleg\/\" aria-label=\"28 June 2023 \u2013 Yeysk: Oleg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1755\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-08-Jeisk.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-08-Jeisk-200x98.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-08-Jeisk-400x197.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-08-Jeisk-600x295.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-08-Jeisk-800x394.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-08-Jeisk-1200x591.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Karte-CNE23-3-08-Jeisk.png 1755w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/28-june-2023-yeysk-oleg\/\" aria-label=\"28 June 2023 \u2013 Yeysk: Oleg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2039\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-24-Yejsk-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3663\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-24-Yejsk-200x159.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-24-Yejsk-400x319.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-24-Yejsk-600x478.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-24-Yejsk-800x637.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-24-Yejsk-1200x956.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-24-Yejsk-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-24-Yejsk-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3666]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 24 Yejsk\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/28-june-2023-yeysk-oleg\/\">28 June 2023 \u2013 Yeysk: Oleg<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Before we set off from Azov, Nicolai stopped by and brought us some freshly prepared fish for the journey \u2026 And Alexei warned us urgently to be careful. If the wind comes from the west in Tangarog Bay, it can [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4209\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4209 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/26-june-2023-azov-nicolay-alexey-and-nicolay\/\" aria-label=\"26 June 2023 \u2013 Azov: Nicolay, Alexey and Nicolay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1755\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karte-CNE23-3-07-Asow.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karte-CNE23-3-07-Asow-200x98.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karte-CNE23-3-07-Asow-400x197.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karte-CNE23-3-07-Asow-600x295.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karte-CNE23-3-07-Asow-800x394.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karte-CNE23-3-07-Asow-1200x591.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karte-CNE23-3-07-Asow.png 1755w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/26-june-2023-azov-nicolay-alexey-and-nicolay\/\" aria-label=\"26 June 2023 \u2013 Azov: Nicolay, Alexey and Nicolay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2091\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-23-Asow-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4206\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-23-Asow-200x163.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-23-Asow-400x327.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-23-Asow-600x490.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-23-Asow-800x653.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-23-Asow-1200x980.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-23-Asow-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-23-Asow-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery4209]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 23 Asow\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/26-june-2023-azov-nicolay-alexey-and-nicolay\/\">26 June 2023 \u2013 Azov: Nicolay, Alexey and Nicolay<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Today we only get as far as Azov, once the north-easternmost polis of the Hellenes \u2026 Today it is a pleasant place at the mouth of the Don on the Sea of Azov, with a large port and transhipment infrastructure [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3653\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3653 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/25-june-2023-rostov-on-don\/\" aria-label=\"25 June 2023 \u2013 Rostov-on-Don\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1755\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karte-CNE23-3-06-Rostow.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karte-CNE23-3-06-Rostow-200x98.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karte-CNE23-3-06-Rostow-400x197.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karte-CNE23-3-06-Rostow-600x295.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karte-CNE23-3-06-Rostow-800x394.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karte-CNE23-3-06-Rostow-1200x591.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karte-CNE23-3-06-Rostow.png 1755w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/25-june-2023-rostov-on-don\/\" aria-label=\"25 June 2023 \u2013 Rostov-on-Don\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-22-Rostow-am-Don-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3650\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-22-Rostow-am-Don-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-22-Rostow-am-Don-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-22-Rostow-am-Don-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-22-Rostow-am-Don-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-22-Rostow-am-Don-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-22-Rostow-am-Don-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-22-Rostow-am-Don-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3653]\"  title=\"oppo_2\" data-title=\"oppo_2\" data-caption=\"oppo_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/25-june-2023-rostov-on-don\/\">25 June 2023 \u2013 Rostov-on-Don<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\u2026 There is no chaos in Rostov; Prigozhin and his \u201cmusicians\u201d have moved on \u2013 I sense isolated feelings of malicious joy among the population (\u201cfinally someone is telling the leadership in Moscow what\u2019s what\u201d) and that\u2019s it. The markets [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3641\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3641 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/24-june-2023-semikarakorsk\/\" aria-label=\"24 June 2023 &#8211; Semikarakorsk\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1755\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karte-CNE23-3-05-Semikarakorsk.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karte-CNE23-3-05-Semikarakorsk-200x98.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karte-CNE23-3-05-Semikarakorsk-400x197.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karte-CNE23-3-05-Semikarakorsk-600x295.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karte-CNE23-3-05-Semikarakorsk-800x394.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karte-CNE23-3-05-Semikarakorsk-1200x591.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karte-CNE23-3-05-Semikarakorsk.png 1755w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/24-june-2023-semikarakorsk\/\" aria-label=\"24 June 2023 &#8211; Semikarakorsk\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-21-Semikaralkorsk.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3638\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-21-Semikaralkorsk-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-21-Semikaralkorsk-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-21-Semikaralkorsk-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-21-Semikaralkorsk-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-21-Semikaralkorsk-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-21-Semikaralkorsk.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-21-Semikaralkorsk.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3641]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 21 Semikaralkorsk\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/24-june-2023-semikarakorsk\/\">24 June 2023 &#8211; Semikarakorsk<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>We pass through the lock and descend from the reservoir into the Don, travelling along countless untamed bends in the river, past wild vegetation in places, towards Rostov-on-Don. It\u2019s Saturday, leisure parties are out and about on the river. And [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3609\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3609 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/23-june-2023-volgodonsk\/\" aria-label=\"23 June 2023 &#8211; Volgodonsk\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1755\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-04-Wolgodonsk.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-04-Wolgodonsk-200x98.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-04-Wolgodonsk-400x197.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-04-Wolgodonsk-600x295.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-04-Wolgodonsk-800x394.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-04-Wolgodonsk-1200x591.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-04-Wolgodonsk.png 1755w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/23-june-2023-volgodonsk\/\" aria-label=\"23 June 2023 &#8211; Volgodonsk\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-20-Volgodonsk.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3606\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-20-Volgodonsk-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-20-Volgodonsk-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-20-Volgodonsk-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-20-Volgodonsk-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-20-Volgodonsk-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-20-Volgodonsk.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-20-Volgodonsk.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3609]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 20 Volgodonsk\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/23-june-2023-volgodonsk\/\">23 June 2023 &#8211; Volgodonsk<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The canal journey continues, as do the locks, but in fact we are only moving along the western side of Volgograd, travelling in a wide arc around this metropolis until we reach the Don, or rather a reservoir over 170 [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3597\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3597 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/22-june-2023-volga-don-canal-lock-no-9\/\" aria-label=\"22 June 2023 \u2013 Volga-Don Canal, Lock No. 9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1755\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-03-Schleuse-Nr.-9.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-03-Schleuse-Nr.-9-200x98.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-03-Schleuse-Nr.-9-400x197.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-03-Schleuse-Nr.-9-600x295.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-03-Schleuse-Nr.-9-800x394.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-03-Schleuse-Nr.-9-1200x591.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-03-Schleuse-Nr.-9.png 1755w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/22-june-2023-volga-don-canal-lock-no-9\/\" aria-label=\"22 June 2023 \u2013 Volga-Don Canal, Lock No. 9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1539\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-19-Volgo-Don-Kanal-Schleuse-Nr.-9-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3594\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-19-Volgo-Don-Kanal-Schleuse-Nr.-9-200x120.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-19-Volgo-Don-Kanal-Schleuse-Nr.-9-400x240.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-19-Volgo-Don-Kanal-Schleuse-Nr.-9-600x361.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-19-Volgo-Don-Kanal-Schleuse-Nr.-9-800x481.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-19-Volgo-Don-Kanal-Schleuse-Nr.-9-1200x721.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-19-Volgo-Don-Kanal-Schleuse-Nr.-9-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-19-Volgo-Don-Kanal-Schleuse-Nr.-9-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3597]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 19 Volgo-Don-Kanal Schleuse Nr. 9\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/22-june-2023-volga-don-canal-lock-no-9\/\">22 June 2023 \u2013 Volga-Don Canal, Lock No. 9<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>We took it easy today \u2013 a little too easy? First, we continue south on the Volga, sailing for miles alongside rows of houses on the starboard side until we reach the junction with the Volga-Don Canal and the first [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3585\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3585 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-june-2023-volgograd\/\" aria-label=\"20 June 2023 &#8211; Volgograd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1755\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-02-Wolgograd.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-02-Wolgograd-200x98.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-02-Wolgograd-400x197.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-02-Wolgograd-600x295.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-02-Wolgograd-800x394.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-02-Wolgograd-1200x591.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karte-CNE23-3-02-Wolgograd.png 1755w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-june-2023-volgograd\/\" aria-label=\"20 June 2023 &#8211; Volgograd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-18-Wolgograd-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3582\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-18-Wolgograd-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-18-Wolgograd-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-18-Wolgograd-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-18-Wolgograd-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-18-Wolgograd-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-18-Wolgograd-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-18-Wolgograd-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3585]\"  title=\"oppo_2\" data-title=\"oppo_2\" data-caption=\"oppo_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-june-2023-volgograd\/\">20 June 2023 &#8211; Volgograd<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The journey with the AgroFram on the slow-flowing Volga in this seemingly endless landscape is not very spectacular, but it is leisurely and without any incidents. Only when the first high-rise buildings appear on the horizon on the starboard side, [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3560\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3560 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/19-june-2023-kamyshin-constantin\/\" aria-label=\"19 June 2023 &#8211; Kamyshin : Constantin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1755\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karte-CNE23-3-01-Kamyschin.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karte-CNE23-3-01-Kamyschin-200x98.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karte-CNE23-3-01-Kamyschin-400x197.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karte-CNE23-3-01-Kamyschin-600x295.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karte-CNE23-3-01-Kamyschin-800x394.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karte-CNE23-3-01-Kamyschin-1200x591.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karte-CNE23-3-01-Kamyschin.png 1755w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/19-june-2023-kamyshin-constantin\/\" aria-label=\"19 June 2023 &#8211; Kamyshin : Constantin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2203\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-17-Kamyschin-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3557\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-17-Kamyschin-200x172.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-17-Kamyschin-400x344.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-17-Kamyschin-600x516.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-17-Kamyschin-800x688.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-17-Kamyschin-1200x1033.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-17-Kamyschin-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-17-Kamyschin-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3560]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 17 Kamyschin\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/19-june-2023-kamyshin-constantin\/\">19 June 2023 &#8211; Kamyshin : Constantin<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Kamyshin is a provincial town divided into two districts with just over 100,000 inhabitants and is located on the Kamyshinka river on the western bank of the Volga. One part of the city lies to the north, the other to [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3548\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3548 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/17-june-2023-saratov-engels-igor-and-marat-as-well-as-sergei-ivan-and-ivan-again\/\" aria-label=\"17 June 2023 &#8211; Saratov\/Engels : Igor and Marat as well as Sergei, Ivan and Ivan again\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1848\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karte-CNE23-2-06-Engels-Saratow.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karte-CNE23-2-06-Engels-Saratow-200x93.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karte-CNE23-2-06-Engels-Saratow-400x186.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karte-CNE23-2-06-Engels-Saratow-600x279.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karte-CNE23-2-06-Engels-Saratow-800x371.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karte-CNE23-2-06-Engels-Saratow-1200x557.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karte-CNE23-2-06-Engels-Saratow.png 1848w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/17-june-2023-saratov-engels-igor-and-marat-as-well-as-sergei-ivan-and-ivan-again\/\" aria-label=\"17 June 2023 &#8211; Saratov\/Engels : Igor and Marat as well as Sergei, Ivan and Ivan again\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1893\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-16-Engels-Saratow-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3545\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-16-Engels-Saratow-200x148.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-16-Engels-Saratow-400x296.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-16-Engels-Saratow-600x444.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-16-Engels-Saratow-800x592.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-16-Engels-Saratow-1200x888.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-16-Engels-Saratow-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-16-Engels-Saratow-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3548]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 16 Engels-Saratow\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/17-june-2023-saratov-engels-igor-and-marat-as-well-as-sergei-ivan-and-ivan-again\/\">17 June 2023 &#8211; Saratov\/Engels : Igor and Marat as well as Sergei, Ivan and Ivan again<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>We actually wanted to go to Saratov, a 600-year-old city with a population of over 800,000 that lies high above the Volga. But its marina is located on the opposite bank of the Volga to the east, lower down, near [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3521\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3521 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-june-2023-syzran-irina-alla-and-oleg\/\" aria-label=\"16 June 2023 &#8211; Syzran: Irina, Alla and Oleg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1848\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-05-Sysran.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-05-Sysran-200x93.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-05-Sysran-400x186.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-05-Sysran-600x279.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-05-Sysran-800x371.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-05-Sysran-1200x557.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-05-Sysran.png 1848w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-june-2023-syzran-irina-alla-and-oleg\/\" aria-label=\"16 June 2023 &#8211; Syzran: Irina, Alla and Oleg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2071\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-15-Syzran-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3518\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-15-Syzran-200x162.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-15-Syzran-400x324.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-15-Syzran-600x485.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-15-Syzran-800x647.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-15-Syzran-1200x971.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-15-Syzran-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-15-Syzran-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3521]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 15 Syzran\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-june-2023-syzran-irina-alla-and-oleg\/\">16 June 2023 &#8211; Syzran: Irina, Alla and Oleg<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The entrance to the marina in Syzran is \u2018tricky\u2019: sandbanks that have been shifted or accumulated by the Volga over the winter and are neither marked on a map nor reliably marked by buoys \u2013 but fortunately the ArgoFram has [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3505\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3505 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/14-june-2023-samara-jenny-and-albert\/\" aria-label=\"14 June 2023 &#8211; Samara: Jenny and Albert\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1848\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-04-Samara.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-04-Samara-200x93.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-04-Samara-400x186.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-04-Samara-600x279.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-04-Samara-800x371.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-04-Samara-1200x557.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-04-Samara.png 1848w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/14-june-2023-samara-jenny-and-albert\/\" aria-label=\"14 June 2023 &#8211; Samara: Jenny and Albert\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-14-Samara-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3502\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-14-Samara-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-14-Samara-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-14-Samara-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-14-Samara-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-14-Samara-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-14-Samara-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-14-Samara-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3505]\"  title=\"oppo_2\" data-title=\"oppo_2\" data-caption=\"oppo_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/14-june-2023-samara-jenny-and-albert\/\">14 June 2023 &#8211; Samara: Jenny and Albert<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The arrival to the megacity of Samara is incredible and impressive: the Volga stretches for kilometres along one side of the city, enthroned high above with its skyline \u2013 again, there is a lot to see\u2026 We quickly left the [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3493\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3493 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/13-june-2023-ulyanovsk-lena\/\" aria-label=\"13 June 2023 &#8211; Ulyanovsk: Lena\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1848\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-03-Ulianowsk.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-03-Ulianowsk-200x93.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-03-Ulianowsk-400x186.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-03-Ulianowsk-600x279.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-03-Ulianowsk-800x371.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-03-Ulianowsk-1200x557.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-03-Ulianowsk.png 1848w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/13-june-2023-ulyanovsk-lena\/\" aria-label=\"13 June 2023 &#8211; Ulyanovsk: Lena\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1958\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-13-Uljanov-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3534\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-13-Uljanov-200x153.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-13-Uljanov-400x306.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-13-Uljanov-600x459.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-13-Uljanov-800x612.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-13-Uljanov-1200x918.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-13-Uljanov-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-13-Uljanov-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3493]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 13 Uljanov\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/13-june-2023-ulyanovsk-lena\/\">13 June 2023 &#8211; Ulyanovsk: Lena<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Oleg leaves, Lena arrives, and we continue south along the Volga, without a<br>\nplan, until we stop at a marina that stretches out into the Volga and is<br>\nflooded by it \u2013 we are in Ulyanovsk. The city itself lies high above [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3487\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3487 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/9-june-2023-kazan-oleg\/\" aria-label=\"9 June 2023 &#8211; Kazan: Oleg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1848\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-02-Kasan.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-02-Kasan-200x93.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-02-Kasan-400x186.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-02-Kasan-600x279.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-02-Kasan-800x371.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-02-Kasan-1200x557.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-02-Kasan.png 1848w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/9-june-2023-kazan-oleg\/\" aria-label=\"9 June 2023 &#8211; Kazan: Oleg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2328\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-12-Kasan-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3484\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-12-Kasan-200x182.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-12-Kasan-400x364.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-12-Kasan-600x546.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-12-Kasan-800x727.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-12-Kasan-1200x1091.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-12-Kasan-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-12-Kasan-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3487]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 12 Kasan\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/9-june-2023-kazan-oleg\/\">9 June 2023 &#8211; Kazan: Oleg<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>From the west, we travelled along the Volga via Sviyazhsk to Kazan, from where the Volga branches off to the south\u2026 We, that\u2019s Oleg and me \u2013 Oleg, who welcomed me in Murmansk last year, with reunions in Solovky and [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3475\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3475 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/8-june-2023-cheboksary-xenia-olesya-and-ekatarina\/\" aria-label=\"8 June 2023 : Cheboksary &#8211; Xenia, Olesya and Ekatarina\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1848\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-01-Tscheboksari.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-01-Tscheboksari-200x93.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-01-Tscheboksari-400x186.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-01-Tscheboksari-600x279.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-01-Tscheboksari-800x371.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-01-Tscheboksari-1200x557.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-2-01-Tscheboksari.png 1848w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/8-june-2023-cheboksary-xenia-olesya-and-ekatarina\/\" aria-label=\"8 June 2023 : Cheboksary &#8211; Xenia, Olesya and Ekatarina\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2201\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Tscheboksari-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3472\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Tscheboksari-200x172.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Tscheboksari-400x344.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Tscheboksari-600x516.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Tscheboksari-800x688.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Tscheboksari-1200x1032.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Tscheboksari-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Tscheboksari-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3475]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 11 Tscheboksari\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/8-june-2023-cheboksary-xenia-olesya-and-ekatarina\/\">8 June 2023 : Cheboksary &#8211; Xenia, Olesya and Ekatarina<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The Volga takes me from surprise to surprise \u2013 to be honest, I didn\u2019t even know this city from hearsay. Cheboksary? After all, it has half a million inhabitants\u2026 and is the capital of the Russian Federal Republic of Chuvashia. [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3463\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3463 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/6-june-2023-nizhny-novgorod-ruslan\/\" aria-label=\"6 June 2023 : Nizhny Novgorod &#8211; Ruslan\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1839\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-1-11-Nischni-Nowgorod.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-1-11-Nischni-Nowgorod-200x94.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-1-11-Nischni-Nowgorod-400x187.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-1-11-Nischni-Nowgorod-600x281.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-1-11-Nischni-Nowgorod-800x375.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-1-11-Nischni-Nowgorod-1200x562.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-1-11-Nischni-Nowgorod.png 1839w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/6-june-2023-nizhny-novgorod-ruslan\/\" aria-label=\"6 June 2023 : Nizhny Novgorod &#8211; Ruslan\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Nischni-Nowgorod-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3460\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Nischni-Nowgorod-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Nischni-Nowgorod-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Nischni-Nowgorod-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Nischni-Nowgorod-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Nischni-Nowgorod-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Nischni-Nowgorod-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-11-Nischni-Nowgorod-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3463]\"  title=\"oppo_2\" data-title=\"oppo_2\" data-caption=\"oppo_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/6-june-2023-nizhny-novgorod-ruslan\/\">6 June 2023 : Nizhny Novgorod &#8211; Ruslan<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Nizhny Novgorod took me completely by surprise \u2013 the expanse of the Volga and the even greater expanse beyond the riverbank, the completely transformed city with the old centre and the satellite suburbs spread far and wide, the new football [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3451\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3451 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/4-june-2023-pljos-sergej-and-kirill\/\" aria-label=\"4 June 2023 : Pljos &#8211; Sergej and Kirill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1839\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-1-10-Pljos.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-1-10-Pljos-200x94.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-1-10-Pljos-400x187.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-1-10-Pljos-600x281.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-1-10-Pljos-800x375.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-1-10-Pljos-1200x562.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Karte-CNE23-1-10-Pljos.png 1839w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/4-june-2023-pljos-sergej-and-kirill\/\" aria-label=\"4 June 2023 : Pljos &#8211; Sergej and Kirill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2177\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-10-Plios-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3448\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-10-Plios-200x170.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-10-Plios-400x340.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-10-Plios-600x510.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-10-Plios-800x680.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-10-Plios-1200x1021.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-10-Plios-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-10-Plios-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3451]\"  title=\"oppo_2\" data-title=\"oppo_2\" data-caption=\"oppo_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/4-june-2023-pljos-sergej-and-kirill\/\">4 June 2023 : Pljos &#8211; Sergej and Kirill<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Plyos is something of a posh (spa) resort on the Volga. Only a few hundred people live here permanently, but powerful and famous Russians have their dachas here \u2013 and there are several sanatoriums founded and still run by the [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3366\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3366 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en category-unkategorisiert\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/4-june-2023-yaroslavl-jury\/\" aria-label=\"4 June 2023 : Yaroslavl &#8211; Jury\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1839\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Karte-CNE23-1-09-Jaroslawl.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Karte-CNE23-1-09-Jaroslawl-200x94.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Karte-CNE23-1-09-Jaroslawl-400x187.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Karte-CNE23-1-09-Jaroslawl-600x281.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Karte-CNE23-1-09-Jaroslawl-800x375.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Karte-CNE23-1-09-Jaroslawl-1200x562.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Karte-CNE23-1-09-Jaroslawl.png 1839w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/4-june-2023-yaroslavl-jury\/\" aria-label=\"4 June 2023 : Yaroslavl &#8211; Jury\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG20230604114808-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3362\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG20230604114808-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG20230604114808-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG20230604114808-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG20230604114808-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG20230604114808-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG20230604114808-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG20230604114808-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3366]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"IMG20230604114808\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/4-june-2023-yaroslavl-jury\/\">4 June 2023 : Yaroslavl &#8211; Jury<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the Rybinsk weir we entered the \u2018real\u2019 Volga \u2013 for the next few weeks I will be carried by it eastwards and later southwards, several thousand kilometres away\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury is the loving guy who welcomed us [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3379\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3379 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/2nd-june-2023-koprino-igor-and-alexander-2\/\" aria-label=\"2nd June 2023: Koprino &#8211; Igor and Alexander\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1839\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Karte-CNE23-1-08-Koprino-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Karte-CNE23-1-08-Koprino-1-200x94.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Karte-CNE23-1-08-Koprino-1-400x187.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Karte-CNE23-1-08-Koprino-1-600x281.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Karte-CNE23-1-08-Koprino-1-800x375.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Karte-CNE23-1-08-Koprino-1-1200x562.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Karte-CNE23-1-08-Koprino-1.png 1839w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/2nd-june-2023-koprino-igor-and-alexander-2\/\" aria-label=\"2nd June 2023: Koprino &#8211; Igor and Alexander\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-08-Koprino-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3373\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-08-Koprino-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-08-Koprino-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-08-Koprino-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-08-Koprino-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-08-Koprino-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-08-Koprino-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-08-Koprino-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3379]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 08 Koprino\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/2nd-june-2023-koprino-igor-and-alexander-2\/\">2nd June 2023: Koprino &#8211; Igor and Alexander<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>From Cherepovets across the Rybinsk reservoir, well over 100 km long and about 50 km wide, then shooting into the bend of the Volga \u2013 we head for Koprino, briefly against the current, to a tourist spot, well done, for [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3334\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3334 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/2nd-june-2023-cherepovets-svetlana\/\" aria-label=\"2nd June 2023 &#8211; Cherepovets: Svetlana\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1839\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Karte-CNE23-1-07-Cherepovez.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Karte-CNE23-1-07-Cherepovez-200x94.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Karte-CNE23-1-07-Cherepovez-400x187.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Karte-CNE23-1-07-Cherepovez-600x281.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Karte-CNE23-1-07-Cherepovez-800x375.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Karte-CNE23-1-07-Cherepovez-1200x562.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Karte-CNE23-1-07-Cherepovez.png 1839w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/2nd-june-2023-cherepovets-svetlana\/\" aria-label=\"2nd June 2023 &#8211; Cherepovets: Svetlana\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-07-Cherepovez-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3330\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-07-Cherepovez-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-07-Cherepovez-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-07-Cherepovez-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-07-Cherepovez-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-07-Cherepovez-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-07-Cherepovez-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-07-Cherepovez-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3334]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 07 Cherepovez\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/2nd-june-2023-cherepovets-svetlana\/\">2nd June 2023 &#8211; Cherepovets: Svetlana<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Oleg is seriously ill \u2013 if Oleg is not well, my project is not well. Cold nights on the ArgoFram, lots of wind during the day, the unusual stress\u2026 Luckily there is Svetlana! Svetlana is a fairy godmother and lives [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3306\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3306 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/29-may-2023-kirillov-nikita-arthom-and-sacha\/\" aria-label=\"29 May 2023 &#8211; Kirillov : Nikita, Arthom and Sacha\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1839\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Karte-CNE23-1-06-Kirillov.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Karte-CNE23-1-06-Kirillov-200x94.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Karte-CNE23-1-06-Kirillov-400x187.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Karte-CNE23-1-06-Kirillov-600x281.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Karte-CNE23-1-06-Kirillov-800x375.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Karte-CNE23-1-06-Kirillov-1200x562.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Karte-CNE23-1-06-Kirillov.png 1839w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/29-may-2023-kirillov-nikita-arthom-and-sacha\/\" aria-label=\"29 May 2023 &#8211; Kirillov : Nikita, Arthom and Sacha\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1964\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-06-Kirillov-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3284\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-06-Kirillov-200x153.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-06-Kirillov-400x307.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-06-Kirillov-600x460.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-06-Kirillov-800x614.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-06-Kirillov-1200x921.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-06-Kirillov-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-06-Kirillov-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3306]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 06 Kirillov\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/29-may-2023-kirillov-nikita-arthom-and-sacha\/\">29 May 2023 &#8211; Kirillov : Nikita, Arthom and Sacha<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These boys spent the evening at the landing pier a little outside this village, as boys sometimes do\u2026 And they were completely set up when we roared in out of the blue with the ArgoFram, wanted to use [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3304\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3304 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/27-may-2023-vytegra-mikhail-and-alexei\/\" aria-label=\"27 May 2023 &#8211; Vytegra: Mikhail and Alexei\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1839\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-05-Vytegra.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-05-Vytegra-200x94.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-05-Vytegra-400x187.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-05-Vytegra-600x281.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-05-Vytegra-800x375.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-05-Vytegra-1200x562.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-05-Vytegra.png 1839w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/27-may-2023-vytegra-mikhail-and-alexei\/\" aria-label=\"27 May 2023 &#8211; Vytegra: Mikhail and Alexei\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-05-Vytegra-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3255\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-05-Vytegra-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-05-Vytegra-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-05-Vytegra-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-05-Vytegra-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-05-Vytegra-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-05-Vytegra-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-05-Vytegra-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3304]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 05 Vytegra\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/27-may-2023-vytegra-mikhail-and-alexei\/\">27 May 2023 &#8211; Vytegra: Mikhail and Alexei<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Mikhail and Alexei are friends and neighbours, and work as engineers for the Volga Baltic Canal. \u2013 Alexei is a friend of Oleg, and I am a friend of Oleg, so I am also a friend of Alexei (and therefore [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3302\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3302 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/26-may-2023-svirstroy-sergey-alexander-nikita-and-vika\/\" aria-label=\"26 May 2023 &#8211; Svirstroy: Sergey, Alexander, Nikita and Vika\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1839\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-04-Svirstroy.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-04-Svirstroy-200x94.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-04-Svirstroy-400x187.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-04-Svirstroy-600x281.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-04-Svirstroy-800x375.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-04-Svirstroy-1200x562.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-04-Svirstroy.png 1839w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/26-may-2023-svirstroy-sergey-alexander-nikita-and-vika\/\" aria-label=\"26 May 2023 &#8211; Svirstroy: Sergey, Alexander, Nikita and Vika\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-04-Svirstroy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3247\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-04-Svirstroy-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-04-Svirstroy-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-04-Svirstroy-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-04-Svirstroy-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-04-Svirstroy-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-04-Svirstroy.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-04-Svirstroy.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3302]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 04 Svirstroy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/26-may-2023-svirstroy-sergey-alexander-nikita-and-vika\/\">26 May 2023 &#8211; Svirstroy: Sergey, Alexander, Nikita and Vika<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Immediately after the first lock on the Svir, the river between Lake Onega and Lake Ladoga, this family spontaneously helped us find a suitable landing stage for our overnight stay \u2013 and then invited me and Oleg to their [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3300\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3300 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-may-2023-st-petersburg-oleg-and-denis\/\" aria-label=\"20 May 2023 &#8211; St. Petersburg: Oleg and Denis\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1839\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-03-STP.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-03-STP-200x94.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-03-STP-400x187.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-03-STP-600x281.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-03-STP-800x375.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-03-STP-1200x562.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-03-STP.png 1839w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-may-2023-st-petersburg-oleg-and-denis\/\" aria-label=\"20 May 2023 &#8211; St. Petersburg: Oleg and Denis\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1846\" height=\"2245\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-03-STP-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3262\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-03-STP-1-200x243.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-03-STP-1-400x486.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-03-STP-1-600x730.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-03-STP-1-800x973.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-03-STP-1-1200x1459.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-03-STP-1.jpg 1846w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-03-STP-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3300]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 03 STP\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/20-may-2023-st-petersburg-oleg-and-denis\/\">20 May 2023 &#8211; St. Petersburg: Oleg and Denis<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Oleg and Denis own the newest marina in St. Petersburg, where I felt so at home (they deal with yachts of all kinds, currently somewhat limited due to circumstances\u2026) \u2013 they immediately saw that my yacht does not offer [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3298\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3298 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-may-2023-kotka-piia-and-jarrko\/\" aria-label=\"16 May 2023 &#8211; Kotka: Piia and Jarrko\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1839\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-02-Kotka.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-02-Kotka-200x94.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-02-Kotka-400x187.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-02-Kotka-600x281.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-02-Kotka-800x375.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-02-Kotka-1200x562.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-02-Kotka.png 1839w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-may-2023-kotka-piia-and-jarrko\/\" aria-label=\"16 May 2023 &#8211; Kotka: Piia and Jarrko\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-02-Kotka-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3231\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-02-Kotka-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-02-Kotka-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-02-Kotka-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-02-Kotka-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-02-Kotka-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-02-Kotka-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-02-Kotka-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3298]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 02 Kotka\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/16-may-2023-kotka-piia-and-jarrko\/\">16 May 2023 &#8211; Kotka: Piia and Jarrko<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Piia and Jarrko are the harbour masters of the Kotka marina and run the entire operation with cafeteria, sauna, laundry and also organise concerts there. We first met in 2021 (maiden voyage) and again in 2022 when I returned from [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3294\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3294 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-begegnungen-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #dbe2ea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#dbe2ea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/15-may-2023-tallinn-in-miiduranna-viimsi-harbour-marko-and-andi\/\" aria-label=\"15 May 2023 &#8211; Tallinn (in Miiduranna\/Viimsi harbour): Marko and Andi\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1839\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-01-Tallinn.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-01-Tallinn-200x94.png 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-01-Tallinn-400x187.png 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-01-Tallinn-600x281.png 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-01-Tallinn-800x375.png 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-01-Tallinn-1200x562.png 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Karte-CNE23-1-01-Tallinn.png 1839w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/15-may-2023-tallinn-in-miiduranna-viimsi-harbour-marko-and-andi\/\" aria-label=\"15 May 2023 &#8211; Tallinn (in Miiduranna\/Viimsi harbour): Marko and Andi\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2070\" src=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-01-Tallinn-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3184\" role=\"presentation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-01-Tallinn-200x162.jpg 200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-01-Tallinn-400x323.jpg 400w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-01-Tallinn-600x485.jpg 600w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-01-Tallinn-800x647.jpg 800w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-01-Tallinn-1200x970.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-01-Tallinn-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 732px) 570px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kunstprojekt-CNE23-01-Tallinn-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery3294]\"  title=\"\" data-title=\"Kunstprojekt CNE&#8217;23 01 Tallinn\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circumnavigate.blog\/en\/15-may-2023-tallinn-in-miiduranna-viimsi-harbour-marko-and-andi\/\">15 May 2023 &#8211; Tallinn (in Miiduranna\/Viimsi harbour): Marko and Andi<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Marko is a boat builder (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larsenb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">www.LarsenB.com<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-GB\">) and developed my ArgoFram in 2020; Andi is a service technician and provides me with the necessary security or information if problems should arise. 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