Chicago
We have had a pretty interesting time here. And as I sit here on the train back to Detroit, pondering what to say, the memories of the days gone by flit through my mind. Not coming here with more than a...
Train to Toronto
So this has been an interesting start to our journey ... unexpectedly we were five hours late leaving Saskatoon on VIA Rail. What didn't seem to be too big a deal sort of grew in porportion as time went...
Glory Bowl
I was introduced to this recipe by Kathryn, my friend and also former supervisor in Whitehorse. We love this and eat it often. This means my recipe is stained and often lost in the shuffle of my life. So...
The Sounds of Istanbul and sights of our last day here!
This is the first place I've visited and wished for a recording device! The sounds keep being part of the picture and the memory of the sounds is quite vivid now, but I worry they will morph or disappear...
7 Towers and Topkapi Palace
This morning we are on the path less travelled. Well really that is a tough thing to do in a place with about 13 million people and who knows how many tourists, on a yearly basis, are added to that...
Famous places in Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul
This is a place that has had some well known name changes. That makes for some confusion, but if you just think about older, old, and new, then understand that there are a few more name changes that...
By foot, tramway, metro, & bus to Edirne
Bright and early, well early for us on holiday, we walk to the tramway, catch the next one, get off and walk another block to pick up the metro (slightly different version of the tramway) and ride that...
Missing day or miscellaneous day
What did we do with this one? Well, first we planned to visit the Hagia Sophia, but the line up was beyond understanding. So then we decided a visit to Topkapi Palace, just around the corner, would be...
More Pilgrimage?
Blessed is the spot! We knew there was the House of Bahá’u'lláh in Edirne to visit while we were in Turkey, what we didn't know was there was also another house here in Istanbul that stands in the...
An amuseuming day
Today was a museum day and an amusing day ... but how do we say that in the title? Well, we tried, you may not find it amusing, but we did! So on with a recounting of this day. First off was the...
The rain in Spain falls mainly in Istanbul
We've been here three days and today was the worst. We don't think it quit once even. Raining that is! Today was a great day to spend at the Spice Market, along the way however, we managed to buy a...