It’s time to see the ancient ruins of Athens I can’t put it off any longer. Come on along, here we go! We started at the Temple of Zeus.Hadrian’s Gate. The ancient and modern all in one place.Theatre of Dionysus.Beautiful sites from the Acropolis looking out over the city of Athens.This was one of my…
Time To Eat and Shop in Athens
Of course, Athens has incredible history and I will cover that, but right now I’m hungry, so let’s eat and do a little shopping! Turkey adheres to pork free dining. When we arrived in Greece, imagine how happy those of us that love bacon, were to see bacon on the menu!! Oh yes, they had…
The Day After The Born To Talk Radio Show Debut
My radio show premiered yesterday on latalklive.com As I was hoping, it was pretty darn good, all things considered. Thanks to Christina Davis and Gwen Vuchsas for being my first guests. I’m thinking back to when this whole new life chapter began and realized, thanks to my friend and producer Deb, I have a new life…
Old School vs. New School
This is an epic blog!!! When have you ever known me to post only two photos and 9 paragraphs?!! This is it. The Born To Talk Radio Show Blog, now has a voice!!! Brought to you in living color and audio feed! It’s true!! Beginning tomorrow, Monday April 13, 2015 at 1:00 PM PST, I…
My Wild Kingdom
I keep saying that I need to finish my traveling stories to Turkey and Greece and I will. There is much to share about those fascinating countries. But, I’m in OMG Radio mode, because my show Born To Talk Radio premires in 3 short days on latalklive.com. It’s a one hour show from 1-2 PT….
Taking a Departure from Europe
My last few blogs have been about travel, but today my focus is on my future! I’ll be back to travel soon. It’s a time of new beginnings both in nature and also in my personal life. It’s so nice to see how spring sprung while I was gone. Let’s start with the yard! Blossom…
Izmir’s Karisyaka on the Other Side
I had the good fortune of spending the afternoon with someone that speaks Turkish. Off we went on the ferry to Karisyaka, known as the other side. It was a grey but beautiful day. Riding on the ferry gave me the opportunity to take some bird pictures. These Bonaparte’s gulls, yes that Bonaparte, Charles Lucien…
Terrace Houses and Cats in Ephesus
My visit to Ephesus is the gift that keeps on giving. There was so much to take in while I was there. Not to mention it was raining for part of the visit and not slipping on the cobbled marble was a very high priority. It’s after I’ve returned home that I have learned so…
The Emphasis is on Ephesus
Let me be clear. While I took history classes in school like everyone else, I was probably paying much more attention to what the girls were wearing and where I was going after school. Consequently, I spent 2 1/2 weeks in the cradle of history without a lot of background information to draw on. Since…
Welcome To Izmir, Turkey
There are so many things I will be sharing along this journey. Today, it won’t be the ruins and countryside, because it’s lunchtime after we arrived in Izmir.Here is what we had…Starting with this fabulous lentil soup.Salad.Chicken kebab and lamb patty.Refreshing oranges for dessert.After lunch we had the opportunity to stroll along the grounds of the…