Yesterday I wrote all about the ancient city of Ephesus and what makes it a great World Heritage Site. Today I want to talk about the modern Turkish town of…
Today’s photo of the day brings a close to our road trip in northwest Turkey that we have been writting about for the last week. I hope you have enjoyed…
Shane wrote about our road trip starting from Canakkale – Marmara Sea / Dardanelles towards the Aegean coast. There are many historic sites to see there as well as beautiful…
During our visit to Assos, Turkey we stayed at Nar Konak Hotel, which I mentioned earlier and Melek will write about tomorrow. Niether one of us could stop from playing with the…
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and the Turks have taken that to heart. When you sit down to a Turkish breakfast you will swear 10 other…
I usually don’t put photos of just me, but Melek wanted me to post this one because the kitten is just so cute. This little guy lives in Assos, Turkey…
By going at sunset of course. The funny thing is they officially close the site around 6pm and the sun does not set until past 8pm. Luckily there is a…
On Tuesday, I wrote all about the ancient city of Troy and today I want to tell you about the rest of our three-night road trip in northwest Turkey. We…
Yesterday I wrote about our vist to the ancient city of Troy and you saw the Trojan Horse they have displayed there. You are able to climb inside of it…
2800 years ago, Homer, who was also from Turkey, wrote about the great 10-year siege of this ancient city and how it was finally captured with a Trojan Horse. All…
Today’s photo of the day is from a small mountain town called Adatepe, which means “hill island”. It is an ancient Greek town that is wonderful to walk around in….
For those of you that have been following me for a while, you have just finished reading all about Melek and mine’s six-week cruise through the upper Caribbean. I hope…
Today will be my last blog about the unbelievably cool area in the middle of Turkey called Cappadocia. As I have shown you over the last week and a half…
This is our last “photo of the day” in the Cappadocia area and it is looking over the city of Goreme. Tomorrow I will wrap up our time in this…
This unexpectedly cool monastery is like being in the Goreme Open Air Museum, except the interiors are much more elaborate. What impressed me was how there were passages everywhere. It…
Today’s “photo of the day” has Melek, which is Turkish for angel, sitting in the window of a typical Cappadocian building. It was carved right into the rock very much…
The Derinkuyu underground city is a very cool area in the Cappadocia portion of Turkey. It was first started when the Hittites carved the first two levels in the 8th…
If so then you want to visit the Cappadocia area. Today’s photo of the day is of Guvercinlik at sunset. We are right in the middle of the blogs about this…
The Goreme Open Air Museum is a valley in the Cappadocia area of Turkey (next to a city of the same name). It contains the remains of a Christian society…
Cappadocia is a region in the middle of Turkey where a plateau of soft rock lies. Canyons have been carved into this plateau over the eons and there are many,…
Here the crew at Atmosfer Balloon is getting the balloons ready for our ride in Cappadocia. Up and down the canyons we will go and tomorrow you can read all…
[Shane – Yesterday I posted a “photo of the day” of a sunrise in a hot air balloon to start a series of blogs about the amazing Cappadocia area in…
Today I am starting a series of blogs and photos about an amazing area in middle of Turkey called Cappadocia. This place is so amazing and should really be better…
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…