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We’re Back in the UK!

October 26, 2014July 1, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

Friday, 17 October, 2014. We flew on Turkish Air. We paid an extra $10 per ticket to fly with them because they brag about being [Read More…]

Final Thoughts on Turkey

October 25, 2014July 10, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

One of the “bonus” museums we got with our Istanbul museum card was the Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam. [Read More…]

Istanbul’s Archaeology and Mosaic Museums

October 24, 2014July 10, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

Assyrian Reliefs: It’s Not a Purse, It’s Assyrian! This empty nest travel blog couple bought a 3-day Istanbul museum card in part because it gave [Read More…]

Hagia Sophia: Church, Mosque, Museum

October 23, 2014July 10, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

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…]

Three Mosques of Istanbul

October 21, 2014July 10, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

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

October 20, 2014July 10, 2018Chuck Ros Comment

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…]