Soğanli, Turkey
September 30, 2016 Our day began in the Soğanlı Valley, (The Valley of Onions). This is about off the beaten…
September 2016
Walking the Ihlara Valley
September 29, 2016 The Ihlara Valley sits near Mount Hasan and Mount Melendiz, two of the three volcanoes of Cappadocia.…
Selemi
September 29, 2016 The Selimi Cathedral is not a highly visited area, mainly because the walk is extremely difficult. If…
Derikuyu, not for the faint of heart
September 29, 2016 Derinkuyu (Deep Well) is just one of many, many underground cities lying underneath Cappadocia. In fact they…
The town of Göreme and the Open Air Museum
September 28, 2016 Cappadocia is a large region that includes many towns, named by the Persians it means beautiful horses.…
Nemrut Daği, King Antiochus and the Romans
September 27, 2016 There are several important historical sites with Nemrut Daği. One of these is the Tomb of Karakus,…
Mount Nemrut, Turkey
September 27, 2016 The Kingdom of Commagene was an ancient Armenian kingdom of the Hellenistic period (between 323 and 31…
The drive from Kayseri to Mount Nemrut
September 26, 2016 Turkey is a vast country with lots and lots of open space between its cities. I am…
Kayseri, Turkey
September 25, 2016 Kayseri surprised me, I had read some article that gave me the impression it was a very…
Laodicea, Turkey
September 24, 2016 Just a short bus ride from Denizli is the ancient city of Laodicea. Established between 263 and…
Hieropolis
Hieropolis is a fascinating place to visit as there are only a few historical facts known about the origin of…
3 Jitneys, 2 Gentlemen, 1 Çay
I chose to stay in the town of Denizli for this leg of my trip. I cannot recommend my hotel,…
Thoughts on Istanbul in September
September 22, 2016 I wanted to write about a few things to wrap up this part of my Istanbul trip.…
The Grand Bazaar of Istanbul
September 20, 2016 The Grand Bazaar needs no words, photos will do all my talking. You might like a little…
Not Your Normal Itinerary in Istanbul
September 20, 2016 This is not my first time in Istanbul, so if you are looking for a rundown on…
Some Unusual Architecture in Montreal
September 18, 2016 This is the Grande Bibliotheque, a public library in Downtown Montreal. Its collection is part of Bibliothèque…
More of Montreal, its landscape and architecture.
September 17, 2016 Montreal is laid out in an interesting pattern. Every fourth street was created wider in order to…
One day in Ottawa
September 16, 2016 In 1841, Lower Canada (now Quebec) and Upper Canada (now Ontario) joined to form the Province of…
Montreal, Canada
September 15, 2016 Walking all around Montreal Attempting to get a sense of history and architecture Montreal, is the most…