One Architectural Day in Athens
October 25, 2016 Athens held the Olympics in 2004, and its stadium, like many after the Olympics, is abandoned and…
October 2016
Heraklion, Crete
October 23, 2016 You come to Heraklion to visit Knossos, but it is a city worth exploring as well. It…
Knossos: Myths amongst the Ruins
October 22, 2016 Heraklion is one the top of everyone’s list to visit when they go to Crete. The reason…
A Road Trip of Ruins
October 21, 2016 Phaistos The day began by visiting Phaistos, an important site of the Minoan civilization. The Minoan civilization,…
Wandering the Amári Valley
October 20, 2016 The Amári Valley is not for those with an agenda. The drive is through some lovely and…
The Holy Monastery of Arkadi
October 20, 2016 People come to Crete for many reasons, I came to get off the beaten path as often…
Rethymnon, Crete
October 20, 2016 So many of the Cretan towns are built on the same model, i.e. large protective walls in…
Katholiko Monastery, a very, very hidden gem
October 19, 2016 Today we moved from Chania to Rethymnon with a side trip to the Katholiko Monastery or Monastery…
Chania Continues
October 18, 2016 In 1620, during the Venetian rule in Crete, the constant threat of the Ottoman Turks led the…
Χαίρετε From Chania, Crete
October 17, 2016 Chania, Crete is a fascinating city with an equally fascinating history. It is a large city with…
High Above Istanbul
October 15, 2016 A boat ride up the Golden Horn is worth the trip if you have the time. I…
Off the Beaten Path in Istanbul
October 14, 2016 There are so many places to explore in a city that covers almost 600 square miles with…
Two Beautiful Train Stations in Istanbul
October 13, 2016 The Istanbul Haydarpaşa Terminal was a major intercity, regional and commuter rail hub as well as the…
Antalya, Turkey
October 12, 2016 Antalya is an interesting town. The city has a population of almost 2 million people, which almost…
Termessos, Turkey
October 12, 2016 Termessos was built at an altitude of more than ½ mile up Solymos Mountain in the Taurus…
Kaş, Turkey
October 10, 2016 The town of Kaş is a lovely, unspoiled, tourist town that sits on a hill and runs…
Xanthos and Letoön, Turkey
October 9, 2016 I am on the Mediterranean and have already written about the tombs of Myra. I did so…
Agriculture of Turkey
October 9, 2016 You will find tomatoes and cucumbers at every meal in Turkey; in fact there is a salad…
Myra, Turkey and Saint Nicholas
October 8, 2016 Myra was an ancient Greek town in Lycia in the fertile alluvial plain between Alaca Dağ, the…
Yörük Köyü
October 2016 This is really an adjunct to the post on Safranbolu. The town of Yörük Köyü is just a…
Safranbolu, Turkey
October 6, 2016 In researching about the homes of Safranbolu I came across the Gülevi Safranbolu dissertation on the history,…
121 Miles in over 4 Hours – What a Road!
October 4, 2016 Our day began this morning in the town of Abano. We had driven from Sinop the day…
Driving parts of the Turkish Black Sea
October 2, 2016 Our Black Sea journey begins at Sinop and will end in Amasra. Sinop sits on the most…
The Outer Edges of Inner Anatolya
October 2, 2016 Our last day in Central Anatolia was spent in Amasya. Amasya is on the short list to…
The Hittite Empire of Anatolya
October 1, 2016 The reason to drive nearly 200 miles across Central Anatolia is to visit the center of the…
Wandering from Ürgup to Sobessos in Turkey
September 29, 2016 The Keslik Monastery sits just on the outskirts of Taşkinpasa. The Monastery held about 250 people and…