Today is the second day with my dad in St Petersburg and I am so excited to visit the Winter Palace (FYI, it is closed on Mondays), which is also…
This is the Church of the Nativity and this photo has captured my heart. I love everything about it including the lighting, color, and clouds. In order to capture this…
I met my dad in St Petersburg, Russia to start the fifth leg of my “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles World Tour”. It started off with a hiccup since I showed…
This will be my last blog about Istanbul and I hope you have found these to be informative, entertaining, and even ispiring as you venture out into the world. Tomorrow…
We are coming to the end of my time in Istanbul, Turkey (there is a last blog tomorrow). On Sunday I will start telling you about my pilgrimage in Israel. LIKE…
By the time I had landed and gone through customs in Istanbul it was 8 PM. My Turkish friend, Melek, met me at the airport and we took the bus…
This sunset is from the top of Galata Tower that I wrote about yesterday. You did not see that blog? Maybe you should LIKE svGuidingLight on Facebook to make sure…
One of my favorite sites in Istanbul is Galata Tower. This tower was built in 1348 and at almost 220 feet tall it was the tallest structure in Istanbul. It…
You light it with the country’s flag, of course. This is Galata Tower in Istanbul and it is lit up with a spot light projecting the Turkish flag onto it….
The friend I visited in Istanbul is named Melek and she is Turkish and has lived in the city for over 10 years (she is originally from a small town…
The Basilica Cistern. This underground water collection system measures over 450 feet by over 200 feet and was built in the 400s AD. It is across from the street of…
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Istanbul has always been a trading port, which has brought great richness to this city. Well that history has created the Grand Bazaar. If you are like me, you are…
The popular Blue Mosque is actually known as Sultan Ahmed Mosque and was built in 1609. Check out yesterday’s blog to read more about it and the other two biggest…
In this blog I am continuing to tell you about my time in Istanbul (the 3rd stop on my world trip) by sharing my experiences at the three biggest tourist…
I have wanted to see Hagia Sophia ever since I started playing Civilation V on my computer. I hardly ever play video games, but I love board games and this computer…
I hope you enjoyed reading the day to day recap of my trip with Eric around Iceland and maybe found the blogs useful to help you plan your own trip…
[Shane – this is another blog by Eric and the last one in Iceland. I hope you have found all the blogs about Iceland entertaining, and if you ever go…
Of course what do you expect when it runs straight off a glacier? Everywhere I looked it seemed like all you needed was sunlight to make the streams just “pop”…
[Shane – Eric is a friend of mine that has been on the boat twice now. He is 30, newly engaged, and a fellow firefighter. I ask him if he…
After Eric and I had completed a trip around the entire island of Iceland we had one more day and we both descided what we really wanted to see was…
Most visitors to Iceland spend time walking around the capital, Reykjavik, do whale watching and puffin watching bout rides, and take a tour or two around the Golden Circle. While…
Well here is the lava cave at Raufarholshellir on the soutwest corner of Iceland. We are looking down the tube and can see several spots where the ceiling has collapsed and…
What do you do on your last day in Iceland when you have already driven all the way around the island seeing everything and did the Golden Circle? The answer…
It is time to explore the most popular section of Iceland called the Golden Circle. We started out at the Arbaer Open Air Museum where we saw several historic buildings…
It is not what I expected. We had a wonderful time up here on a glacier in Snaefellsjokull NP, but I am sure you knew that from the blog yesterday about…
After a delightful night camping on the northwest coast of Iceland our first order of business was to visit a Wool Factory in Hvammstangi. It was a quick, but interesting…
You may want to rethink these particular hot springs, because they are boiling. If you remember on Day 2 in Iceland we stopped by Reykjadalur and took a hike up and…
Apparently the fact that the sun comes up around 4am during the first part of August in Iceland does not keep you from sleeping in if you wore yourself out…
Yesterday I told you about the seals that were swimming among the icebergs that had calfed off the glacier and were sitting in Jokulsarlon, or Iceberg Lagoon. Well here is my…