Ok so I spoke too soon about signing off. Didn’t know Iwould be offered a hookah.  I always thought it was tobacco so I declined

I forgot to talk about this experience because it was really wonderful. It is spiritual so there are no cameras, videos, applause–this in itself was

I usually don’t go back to the same place except for Hong Kong and Bogota, and now Turkey. Definitely worth multiple visits as are the

So I wind down in Turkey, but not before filming my new friends as they serenade me with Spanish songs. DSCN0892

I don’t know—why this didn’t insert, but you can CTRL click on it and it will open.   marianna dellekamp Earth Library     Then you

Istanbul is a city of walking but it isn’t kind to us.  The city is set along incredibly steep hills which tax the heart just

My heart skipped a beat when I found these wonderful examples of Turkish Kitsch. SOOOO happy that it continues as an underestimated art form around

I can’t believe I avoided places like Istanbul and Uzbekistan for so long out of pure paranoia. I just thought these Muslims enclaves were no

For some reason Troy has always been on my Bucket List. Not because of  the telenovela of Helen and Paris but because of the discovery.  I

I really wanted to understand Gallipoli just to see in this modern age (1914) 500,000 people could lose their lives. It was worse in the