Today is the last blog from the nine days I spent exploring the Aegean Coast of Turkey with Melek at the end of August into the begining of September. We…
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I don’t know whether you all will agree, but we cannot forget these 3 places in Turkey, which are all amazing and magical! Number 1 – Cappadocia – Fairy Chimneys…
I think if we had the best beach Oscars it would come out from either Marmaris or from Fethiye! As we are traveling along the Aegean coast of Turkey (so…
Bodrum is one of the most preferred vacation paradises of Turkey, with it’s 5 star expensive holiday resorts, vivid night life and wonderful beaches. The reason I call Bodrum Little…
From the very first time I saw photos of the pure white cliffs and sparkling blue waters of Pamukkale I was entranced and knew I had to visit someday. That…
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…
I had the fortune to visit Ephesus in late September with Melek and it did not disappoint. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of modern day Turkey…
Continuing our trip on the Aegean coast we drove from Foca (you can read the blog about Foca from here) towards Izmir and than to Cesme (which is around an…
Foca is a very little fisherman town close by to Izmir (around 40 min drive). I quite like this cute little town as it is quieter than the other towns…
Turkey has coasts on the Black Sea (north part of Turkey facing towards Russia), Aegean Sea on the west coast in between Turkey and Greece, and on the south coast…
As I am from Turkey I would like to mention different places to see in Turkey! As the history dates back a long time, we have a lot of historic…
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,…