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Via Mediterra
journey around the Mediterranean
Barcelona and Beirut, Athens and
Alexandria, Torre del Mar and Tel
Aviv are all linked by one thing: the
Mediterranean, which is bordered
by three continents and twenty one
countries.
Dirk Schäfer set out to travel around
the entire Mediterranean.
This trip starts in Marseille, the oldest
city in France.
Founded by Greeks and still a cultural melting pot these days, it is the ideal starting point for the Via
Mediterra, the tour around the Mediterranean.
But what Google Earth shows as an extended holiday trip is actually a journey full of contrasts, incredible
obstacles and pleasant surprises.
‚Dolce Vita‘ and closed borders, ‚savoir vivre‘ and civil wars. The moments that leave their mark upon
people‘s lives around the Mediterranean could hardly be more diverse.
Dirk takes his audience right into the heart of life around the Mediterranean.
From the archaic Good Friday processions in the South of France to the tourist ghettos of Benidorm, and
from colonial Gibraltar to the poverty of the High
Atlas in Morocco.
From the fertile volcanoes of the Tyrrhenian Sea
to the bleak steppes of Northern Libya and from
the Koran schools of Cairo to the heirs of the
Phoenicians in Beirut who are again trying to let
the wounds of war heal.
From the Turkish Riviera to the mountains of Albania, into the only fjord of the Mediterranean, and finally
from the Greeks, who originally founded Marseille, back to precisely this town where the journey started.
As is the case in almost all of his travels, Dirk is on his motorbike. Via Mediterra does not just focus on
motorbike travel but also on meeting people and their stories.
For moments, they converge with the traveller‘s own story, helping to give birth to a new chapter of travel
in the 21st century.
The book is only available in German / English.
090-0212
made for adventure
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