Today we start with a trip to the Antalya Museum which contains “The Treasures of Turkey”. Prehistory means prior to the written word. History begins with being able to write down history...
Today we start with a trip to the Antalya Museum which contains “The Treasures of Turkey”. Prehistory means prior to the written word. History begins with being able to write down history...
We left our beatiful hotel in the Turkish Riviera. We drive along the Turquoise Coast. Turquoise is a Turkish word meaning Turkish color. Ertunga says that it is much like driving Route 1 from San...
Telmessos is the ancient city in Fethiye. It is a 4th century BC tomb. Lycia is known for its rock tombs. It is similar to the fascades in Petra. When kings died, they became gods. They were buried...
Heiropolis means holy city. Outside the entrance to the city is the large cemetery called Necropolis or City of the Dead. It was common to have the dead greet someone entering the city. Over 2,000...
Today we left our 18th century Greek home full of original art on a hill overlooking the town of Sirince. Ertunga says that in January this quaint little village turns into a camel fight locale. The...
We had breakfast with a delightful couple from India. Their names are Venkat and Harini and they are on their honeymoon in Turkey. We talked about travel, Turkey, speaking English, diet, and our...
We told Ertunga that we had decided before we left home that we would attend church wherever we are in the world. God has something to say to us in each country and city. We want to hear and witness...
The beauty of the beach must have been felt by everyone as there was boisterous singing until the wee hours of the night. (It is also the start of a week long vacation.) I woke at 5:30 and I could...
Troy had a strategic location for controlling the Aegean Sea. There are ten layers to Troy as people fled the city due to fires and earthquakes but returned to rebuild. (There are over 3,000 ancient...
We leave Istanbul to see the rest of Turkey. Our hotel had pools but the temperature was quite cold. Even the “hot tub” was cold and was called a hydro massage. The signage claimed that...
One purpose of writing this blog was to record things that we did not know and be able to research more about it later. Our comments may be incorrect but later our education will be corrected and...
We met our tour guide Ertunga Ecir this morning. His Internet reviews are so good that we had to choose him. We will be together for the next three weeks. Ertunga has planned an amazing itinerary of...
We went to see The Whirling Dervish or Semâ. This is a Muslim prayer and Turkish custom. It is based on the fundamental condition of our existence to revolve- from the protons and electrons of atoms...
Rob was in Istanbul for a week last year with his brother, Edward. They had a wonderful time. Rob came back with fantastic tales of food and historical facts. Here is a picture of him last year in...
The Union Church of Istanbul has been meeting in the Dutch Chapel since 1857. The chapel is located just off Istiklal Caddesi, in the heart of Istanbul in one of the oldest buildings in Istanbul. It...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…. and it could have been much worse!! Our day started with a deluxe breakfast buffet complete with Eggs Benedict!! We needed to do some...
We rode the subway to the outskirts of Kiev. Kiev has the deepest subway station in the world which in turn makes for some long escalators. They move faster than regular escalators so you need to...
We have hit triple digits today in days traveled. We are still so thankful to have this opportunity. Today, we go to the Chernobyl Museum. There are 3.5 million Chernobyl victims. Even as we go...
We took a subway to the Motherland Monument. This is the Soviet answer to the Statue of Liberty. It is made of stainless steel and was completed in 1981. It has the Soviet symbol on it...
Today we opted for a professional tour guide. Our hotel concierge scheduled her for us. Mariya speaks excellent English. She told us that she spent a year in Boston at age 15. We walked around the...
This is an art reproduction utilizing Ukraianian painted eggs.
It is time to leave our interesting apartment in Lviv. It is fun to “play house” in a different place each week. After a 35-minute uphill walk to the train station, we were good and...
Lviv had the largest population of Jews in Russia prior to WWII with 95,000 or 30% of the population. After WWII, the Jewish population was only 800-1,000. Many of them survived in the sewers. There...
The Ukrainian flag is a blue horizontal stripe above a yellow horizontal stripe. Blue sky over yellow sunflowers. This photo resembles their flag. We see many older women selling flowers on the...
The old town of Lviv is a UNESCO World Heritage site containing over 2,000 registered landmarks. It is likely due to the fact that there are so many cultures that have inhabited this city. Our guide...
It is time to leave the Schengen. Schengen is the area of Europe that can be visited by Americans without a visa. One can only stay there 90 days. When we arrived at the train station in Lviv...
Nova Huta is one of only two entirely pre-planned socialist realism cities built by Communistic Russia. The other is Magnitogorsk in Russia’s Ural Mountains. It is one of the finest examples of...
Today we went to a church service that started at 5:00pm. We normally attend church in the mornings so this was a new experience for us. Kosciol Chrytus Zbawiciela is a Reformed church which are...
This morning we visited the Wielizcka Salt Mine, a 30-minute bus ride from old town Kraków. Up to 9,000 tourists come here per day, over 1.7 million per year. The mine temperature is 57 to 60 degrees...
Here is a list of three Polish men that you should know: a freedom fighter, an opportunist lifesaver, and chronicler of the Polish soul. Kosciuszko Tadeusz Kosciuszko has a long list of...
Rob and Brenda Street have retired from their jobs and are traveling the world for a year. Come along with them.
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