A school in the school

13-14 August

We were supposed to leave Victoria in the morning of 13th but at the last time we were informed about a small local weather alert and decided to leave the next day. Instead of having a first difficult day, I had a few more hours to stay in beautiful Victoria. Sailing does not stop learning me things, that time being that nothing in the sea can be scheduled with certainty.

In the meantime we met a guy that had come with his motor boat from Vancouver and was speaking greek. He said he was originating from Instanbul (Konstantinoupolis), Turkey. The discussion of greek, byzantine, cypriot, turkish and roman history between us was inevitable and reminded me that:

"The history of Greece is the history of the western World."

There is no important philosophy, achievement and event that has no relation with the greek tradition. Ancient Greeks had already discovered the basis of human wisdom after which followed the roman, byzantine and christian traditions and eventually modern Europe and America emerged. It is in the greek territory where in a 100km distance you find 3 different religions, 4 different languages and a dozen types of culture. In America you travel 3000km and even the names of the people does not change. That is why it is called the "New World": many years must pass until a distinct culture is developed here.

So, we plan to leave tomorrow but I can't say Goodbye to you for sure...