What is a summary of Odysseus's experience sailing from Troy?

For this response, I am using the Robert Fagles translation of The Odyssey.
In Book 9, Odysseus has landed on an island ruled by King Alcinous and has been telling stories to the king and queen. It is interesting that we do not see the story of Odysseus setting sail from Troy chronologically. Instead, we hear it in retrospect as he tells his hosts a long time after the actual events occurred. His remarks on the actual departure are scant. After finally revealing his name and where he comes from to the king and queen, Odysseus says:

No more. Come, let me tell you about the voyage fraught with hardship Zeus inflicted on me, homeward bound from Troy . . .
The wind drove me out of Ilium on to Ismarus, the Cicones' stronghold. There I sacked the city, killed the men, but as for the wives and plunder, that rich haul we dragged away from the place—we shared it round so no one, not on my account,would go deprived of his fair share of spoils.

In this passage, we learn that first thing after leaving Troy, he and his followers attacked a city (Ismarus) and plundered it. Afterward, Odysseus says that he encouraged his men to leave, but they lingered out of greed and were ultimately attacked by the Cicerones.
Following this description, Odysseus continues to summarize his travels in the first part of Book 9 from being driven off-course by the "North Wind" to spending nine days aboard his ship, finally arriving at the "Land of the Lotus Eaters." Skim this section for details of what occurred there:

Off they went and soon enough they mingled among the natives. Lotus-eaters, Lotus-eaters who had no notion of killing my companions, not at all, they simply gave them the lotus to taste instead . . . Any crewmen who ate the lotus, the honey -sweet fruit, lost all desire to send a message back, much less return, their only wish to linger there with the Lotus-eaters, grazing on lotus, all memory of the journey home dissolved forever. But /brought them back, back to the hollow ships, and streaming tears—I forced them, hauled them under the rowing benches, lashed them fast and shouted out commands to my other, steady comrades: 'Quick, no time to lose, embark in the racing ships!'—so none could eat the lotus, forget the voyage home.

From here, they ended up at the island of the Cyclops, one of the most famous sections of The Odyssey. At this point, the heroes are well into their journey. Hopefully, this quick summary provides some context for the beginning of Odysseus's long, long trip home to Ithaca.