Over the hill carrying a lamb comes the shepherd with his horse and trusty sheepdog. He drops his crook and sits with the other shepherds digging into a big block of sheep cheese and wrapping it in the flat bread. And not a concern in the world about having us intrude on their breakfast time. …
Arriving in Georgia is as smooth as silk. And there am I thinking that we’re flying into the wilds. Tbilisi airport is brand new and our Turkish Airlines is the only plane at the gates – like the huge International white elephant airport structure built by the Chinese in Mandalay in Burma. One day the …
I still can’t believe that we were walking into the Blue Mosque just before prayer time to see the spectacular blue ceramic tiles in fifty different tulip designs on the interior walls, and ended up in a carpet seller’s shop! It doesn’t matter how we got there but there we are sitting comfortably with a …
Blaring loudspeakers spruiking political messages and others blasting out Turkish music adds to the cacophony that greets us as we step off our ferry boat at Üsküdar on the Asian side of Istanbul.What are we doing here? We are in the care of an unbriefed Turkish woman guide who was raised from her sleep …
It’s tough! Looking out over the minarets from my room at the Witt Istanbul Suites. I’m up the side of a steep hill in Cihangir, a trendy neighborhood with a bohemian flair. I have to watch where I’m walking in the narrow and uneven streets. That becomes even more difficult with local distractions and so …