On the last of our three days in Selcuk, we finally made our way to the ruins of Ephesus.  We were told that if you wanted to see proper Roman ruins, that you had to visit Turkey, and these didn’t disappoint.
The only downside was that we went on a cruise ship afternoon, so it was [...]

The morning after Gallipoli we set out to see the famed city of Troy (Troya). It’s one of those thing that you feel you just HAVE to do…I mean we all have read the Iliad or at least know the story.  Well, there not a lot left in good old Troy, but it was still [...]

After three days in Istanbul, it was time to move on.  So we jumped on a early bus and headed west toward the Aegean Sea.  Our first stop would be Eceabat, a costal city along the Dardanelles (Straight of Canakkale), upon the Gallipoli Peninsula. This area for centuries has been of great military signifigance as [...]

Look kids…Hagia Sophia…Blue Mosque…okay now how about a beer!
That was our Istanbul experience in a nutshell.   We’ll maybe it wasn’t JUST like that…
Istanbul is truly a wonderful city, with literally history around every corner.  For a travel novice like me, also a very easy city to start in.  Staying within the Sultanahmet area [...]

Dear Gentle Readers,
I have received a number of e-mails in the past day asking if we are doing fine in wake of the terrorist attacks in Istanbul’s Gungoren community. CNN reported that seventeen people were killed and 150 injured in Sunday’s blasts. We are fine and were no where near the area that was bombed.  [...]