Although not a literal storm (this time), we got on a plane and flew into just about the last place I would want to be in January of 2021: home. We have done so much traveling that when our kids refer to “home,” they mean whichever apartment or Airbnb we are currently staying at. AsContinue reading “Flying into a Storm”
Monthly Archives: January 2021
The Rugs, Jellyfish and Cats of Istanbul
Istanbul is one giant city spread across two continents. With a population of over fifteen million people, the city extends for miles both east and west of the narrow Bosphorus Straight, the dividing line between Europe and Asia. Sultanahmet is old Istanbul, the walled city that existed here since the time the city was namedContinue reading “The Rugs, Jellyfish and Cats of Istanbul”
Trojan Horse
The Black Sea can only be accessed from the Mediterranean via a 61-kilometer long narrow strip of water called the Dardanelles Straight and this has been an area of strategic importance for millennia. Thousands of years ago the straight was busy with trading ships passing through and the great city of Troy grew and prosperedContinue reading “Trojan Horse”
The Last True Believer
Only two of the original seven wonders of the ancient world still remain in any form. In all my travels I have not yet seen a single one of these until now. And this one, the Great Temple of Artemis, has barely survived the ravages of time itself. Ephesus, founded by the Amazon queen EphesiaContinue reading “The Last True Believer”
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