Click to see and read about each stage of the trip.
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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…
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Cats!
Hello from Istanbul. As I write the post today I am sitting near a cat that looks just like my cat Mazurka who passed away a few years…
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Goodbye Ankara, but hello Istanbul, or Constantinople?
After an amazing farewell Turkish dinner with Elia, this morning we got up, packed our luggage, cleaned our apartment and took a cab to the huge Ankara train…
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Living in Ankara
As we planned this grand adventure there were several things going through my mind. The overarching rationale was to train teachers and guest conduct music festivals in schools…
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We Are Teaching Kids!
The reason we have been in Ankara is to help a young high school band/orchestra teacher transition into her requirement to teach Choir, General Music, and Pre-K on…
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Freedom of the Press; National Monuments; Ancient History
It seems bizarre, but the two-hour time difference between Munich and Ankara seems worse than longer time differences I have experienced. We did not get going until late…
