Carrie Craig’s 50th

Carrie Craig’s 50th

October 2, 2024 Michael 1

The reason for this trip was to celebrate our friend’s birthday! 10 of us got a villa on Mykonos. The villa was lovely, well equipped […]

From Asia to Europe

From Asia to Europe

October 2, 2024 Michael 1

Last Friday, we left Turkey and our lovely little Airbnb on the coast to head towards Mykonos. It was quite the set of travel days. […]

Hamzabükü

Hamzabükü

September 26, 2024 Michael 3

on Monday, we drove up to Hamzabükü, a little village on a peninsula near Çeşme. The idea was to get some chill beach time before […]

A hike

A hike

September 23, 2024 Michael 1

The area we are in (Izmir province) abuts the Aegean Sea with rolling hills littered with farming (pomegranates, citrus, olives, peaches, plums, grapes). The brown […]

Ephesus

Ephesus

September 23, 2024 Michael 1

Part of the rational to come to this area of Turkey was to visit Ephesus. The ancient city and former capital of Roman Asia Minor […]

From Europe to Asia

From Europe to Asia

September 21, 2024 Michael 1

On Weds, I was still feeling a bit weak and we had a low key day. We visited the Archeological Museum. It had artifacts from […]

Whirling Dervishes

Whirling Dervishes

September 18, 2024 Michael 1

On Monday, we slept a bit later and nursed our sore legs. As Ashley pointed out in the comments, we did walk 10+ miles on […]

Istanbul

Istanbul

September 16, 2024 Michael 2

We arrived on Saturday afternoon to IST. I was surprised how nice the Turkish Air flight was. The food was good, the seats comfortable and […]

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Turkey and Greece

September 7, 2024 Michael 0

In a week, we will be in Istanbul, not Constantinople. Turkey has been on our “next places to travel to” for well over 10 years […]