Istanbul

Finally got to one of my original goals. If there are many spelliing errors....sorry unusual keyboard. Devil of time uploading photos from today so might finish blog about Istanbul when I return to England. First day run around getting to hotel going to touristy spots eating finding computer that I can use

Day 12 Retracing the Steps of Paul at Ephesus

Everyone was eager to explore the ancient city of Ephesus as the Pacific Princess arrived in Kusadasi Turkey. Surprisingly this port city is a clean modern seaside resort currently undergoing a boom in tourism including many Brits and Irish folks who are buying condos in the area.We docked next the new Cunard Lines Queen Victoriaan impressive large vessel. The dock area is a nice shopping ma

Visit to Madrid Spain

A few months ago 304 had the chance to visit Spain to visit my friend Donna a Kiwi living there. She used to live in 304stanbul where 304 met her and after her move back to Spain she invited me to visit her. So 304 took a week off work and flew from 304stanbul to Madrid Airport where she met me. Of course we did the usual touristy things eating tappas drinking their renowne

Social Experiment

I began the day with a social experiment. 304 decided to cover my hair and wear a long dress in similar style as muslim women in order to discover if 304 would be hasstled less on the streets. 304 tried.....but my hair was never designed to exist under a scarf. No matter how many pins that 304 used tiny wisps of hair escaped the blue material. 304 had black hose

Steady Rollin'

After the high is always the comedown. It came this week with among other things realizing that my classes have gotten less and less satisfying realizing some of the ways in which an Obama administration will fall short on its promises of change Israel employing lobbyists and silly frustration with girrrrrll issues. But that's all okay. There's always the selfcorrection and things are st

Canyon Walks and Bar Crawls

After 8 weeks back in the U.K. the lure of some sunshine was just too great to ignore. As Stan and I now both work in schools and they were all about to close for half term we thought why not After trawling the internet for an evening we came up with a cheap late package deal to Kusadasi Turkey. It didn't take us long to snap up the dealWe were staying in a small hotel just a few minutes walk

Istanbul

The city of Istanbul was established as Byzantium in 667 BC. From 330 AD to 1453 AD during the Roman and Byzantine period and after the Ottoman conquest in 1453 AD it was called Constantinople. It received its current name in 1930.Located on the Bosphorus Strait it now boasts a population of over 11 million being the fourth largest city proper in the world. It is the only city in the world l