Visit These International Sites: The Pyramids
September 25, 2019. Trip Oversight “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch Top 12 Trip Pics • Pyramids of Giza • Parthenon – Athens, Greece • Meteora, Greece • Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia • West Cork, Ireland • Banks of the Seine, Paris, France • London along the […]
Istanbul: Great Place to End the Adventure
Day 210, Tuesday August 20, 2019 “Istanbul … the constant beating of the wave of the East against the rock of the West.” -Susan Moody Sites Covered in this Post • Topkapi Palace • The Grand Bazaar • Galata Tower • Dolmabahce Palace • Lost in Istanbul Lesson Learned: Our trip is ending. Learn […]
Istanbul: The Ornament of Turkey
Day 208, Sunday August 18, 2019 “Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people.” ― Thor Heyerdahl Sites Covered in this Post • Hagia Sophia • Blue Mosque • Basilica Cistern Lesson Learned: Turkey is a secular country. Sure, there is a mosque on damned […]
Istanbul: Cross-roads of Continents
“The Answer to the Great Question Of . . . Life, the Universe and Everything . . . [is] Forty-two.” -Douglas Adams Day 199, Friday August 9, 2019 Sites Covered in this Post • Train to Istanbul • Ferry Across the Bosphhorus • Rainy Day in Galata Lesson Learned: Taxis in Istanbul suck. They take […]
Ankara: Goats, Rabbits and Cats
Day 199, Friday August 9, 2019 “I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.” -Molly Ivins Sites Covered in this Post • Ankara Aquarium • Sights in Ankara Lesson Learned: The Internet in Turkey sucks. Not Egypt sucky, but close. We are here in Ankara, the capital city, and you […]
Cappadocia: Do Not Do What You Would Undo if Caught
Day 196, Tuesday August 6, 2019 “It’s not like there’s a law against flying.” “Yes, there is. The law of gravity.” ― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone Sites Covered in this Post • Open Air Museum • Avanos Pottery Studios • Hot Air Balloons Lesson Learned: If fear prevents you from traveling to […]
Laying Low in C-town
Day 195, Monday August 5, 2019 Al: ” Peg, would you like a BMW?” Peg: ” I kinda see myself in a Jaguar.” Al: ” Oh, if we could only find one that hungry.” -Married With Children Sites Covered in this Post • Lake Tuz • Derinkuyu • Camel ride • Göreme Lesson Learned: How […]
Dublin Down & Drinking Up
Day 192, Friday August 2, 2019 “It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth or the fourteenth.” -George Burns Sites Covered in this Post • Christ Church • Guinness Brewery • Pearse Lyons Distillery • Saint Patrick Church Christ Church Visiting churches always goes […]
Dublin, Home of Stout, Whiskey and No Use for Englishmen
Day 190, Wednesday July 31, 2019 “You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” -Anne Lamott Sites Covered in this Post • Dublin Castle • Trinity College The Legend of the Irish The trip from County Donegal to […]
County Donegal
Day 186, Sunday July 28, 2019 “Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder” –Kinky Friedman Sites Covered in this Post • Studio Donegal (Kilcar) • Cionn Mhucrois (Muckross Head) • Sliabh Liag (Slieve League)Cliffs Studio Donegal From County Kerry we drove north. We’d intended to stop in Galway, but a little thing called […]