Hagia Sophia: Church, Mosque, Museum
Hagia Sophia It appears regularly in movies, usually east-meets-west spy thrillers or Dan Brown-esque conspiracies where a certain Christian-Muslim-secular mystery and intrigue is required. The [Read More…]
Asia
Three Mosques of Istanbul
The Nuruosmaniye Mosque Once we got to Istanbul, it took us a few days to go into a mosque. It wasn’t for lack of opportunity: [Read More…]
Topkapi Palace and Dealing with Crowds
The Topkapi Palace is a sprawling complex that was the royal residence of the sultans of the Ottoman Empire for 400 years from the mid [Read More…]
The Bazaars of Istanbul
An Entrance to the Grand Bazaar One of the most famous attractions of Istanbul is the Grand Bazaar, and it’s been at (or near) the [Read More…]
1 Wonder of the Ancient World
Quick, name the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. And no cheating with Wikipedia! Chances are you could get about three, maybe four: the Great [Read More…]
Two-For-One Castle and Museum, Bodrum
Bodrum’s Crusader Castle Bodrum, in ancient times, was known as Halicarnassus. If this rings a bell for you, we’ll remind you why in tomorrow’s blog. [Read More…]
Cruising the Aegean, Cast of Characters
Chuck and Lori, Your Intrepid Travel Blog Hosts We hope you’ve enjoyed our blogs the last few days describing our gulet cruise on the Turkish [Read More…]
Cruising the Aegean, Part 4
Day 6 (Thursday) – We woke up in the harbor near G?kçe and had an early breakfast. We were pulling out of the harbor by [Read More…]
Cruising the Aegean, Part 3
Day 5 (Wednesday) – We were underway before 7:00am and pulled into a harbor near the village of Gökçe a few minutes later. This was excursion [Read More…]
Cruising the Aegean, Part 2
Day 3 (Monday) – Despite having been awakened in the middle of the night by the necessity to reposition our boat, we woke up wide-eyed [Read More…]