It had to happen sometime. I’ve been home from my Turkey and Greece adventure for nearly 3 months. What was once a blog 3 times a week has been reduced lately to once a week. Why, because being a new weekly internet radio show host has taken those time slots in my life. Funny how…
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…
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…
Tour Time in Turkey
After spending the first day acclimating to the time change, it was time to take an official tour of incredible Istanbul. Our guide gave us the following warning, “Pedestrians beware, traffic lights are for decoration only!” Glad we were on a bus tour. These first pictures are from the old city walls of Constantinople, constructed…