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Who doesn't love islands? But I'm quite particular, favoring those that harken to an earlier time, when cars didn't exist as the...

After a  New York City woman, Sarai Sierra, who traveled to Istanbul alone, was found slain recently, some in the media and others are sugge...

Over the past four weeks I've been unusually busy, not only traveling in Malta (I've blogged about my adventures on the island of Co...

Whenever I've been in a classroom listening to a history lesson, I have to admit that it couldn't have been more boring. It all came...

Hiking and walking are two of my favorite activities when I'm traveling. It's a way to get intimate with the landscape. And though I...

As I mentioned yesterday , until December 15, I'll be doing something a little different here. Each day, I'll have a short post (eit...

I've posted quite a bit about my adventures in Turkey, including Istanbul , Bozcaada Island and Kas . Perhaps one of my most atmospher...

The Blue Mosque and the Topkapi Palace seem to get all the tourist attention, certainly for good reason. But on my latest trip to Istanbu...

In the Aegean Sea a short distance off the western coast of Turkey, Bozcaada Island seems to inspire disparate opinions. You can imagine m...

When I'm visiting a city for the first time, I love prowling around narrow alleyways and roaming in and out of groceries and other shops...

So many people visit Kas, a lovely but well-visited seaside town on Turkey's Mediterranean coast, for the handful of pebbly beaches. But...