Click to see and read about each stage of the trip.
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Time Travel: National Archaeological Museum, Pompeii, and Mt. Vesuvius
For many of us (as long as you were born before about 2005) the best day of the school week was when the Weekly Reader was given out.…
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We’ve Moved to Naples, Italy!
We have left Turkey for Italy. We have moved into a quintessential European apartment in Naples just off from Piazza Garibaldi. Arriving after dark it was a bit…
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Hotel Sultanham, Istanbul
This is just a short post to show why we loved this hotel. In addition to the staff being very kind and attentive to our needs, it was…
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The Grand Bazaar
No blog about a trip to Istanbul would be complete without an entry on the Grand Bazaar! Our hotel was about five minutes away and this allowed us…
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Istanbul: Seeing My Homework In Person
Living in Ankara, Turkey was a wonderful experience and being there long enough to regularly go to work, make friends at the local market, have quiet family movie-nights…
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Oh, No! Our Flight is Cancelled!
Please feel bad for us. We are being forced to stay in this glorious city for one more day! We were supposed to leave tomorrow at 4:00 AM…