sunrise over cappadoccia

My Big Fat Turkish Vacation

Everyone has parts of their job that they dislike – even if your job is your passion. Not everything can be lollipops and unicorns ALL…

Medes Island Costa Brava

Under the Catalan Sun

Ever since the movie/book Under the Tuscan Sun, Americans have been in love with Tuscany. The food, wine, rolling hills, castles, and villas – what’s…

bells ringing in the bell tower

For whom the Bell Tolls

  When you first arrive, you hear them. They will wake you up in the morning with an abruptness that makes you sit straight up…

Postcard Blue Mosque Istanbul
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Postcard from Istanbul

The landing announcement echoes through the plane triggering the memories of 12 years ago. In 2000 I was arriving from a 17-hour flight with a…