GREECE – Kardimyli days
After almost four months and 15,000 kilometers of buzzing around Europe and Turkey we felt the need for a break and the small town of Kardimyli on the coast of … Continue reading
GREECE – Monemvasia and Mystras
If our posts seem to be shorter and with fewer details and observations it is because they are. The time required to write and post, combined with dodgy internet access … Continue reading
GREECE – Delphi and Mycenae – Ruins and ruins
We certainly have not been shy about visiting archaeological sites in our progress around the world. With our interests in history, architecture, literature, as well as archaeology how could it … Continue reading
TURKEY – Istanbul, a city’s city
Traveling around Turkey there is a buzz about the place, an optimism, a feeling of a country and a people on the move, a happening place, something we haven’t … Continue reading
TURKEY – To Ephesus with stops between
We clipped Turkey’s southwest corner, arrowing from the central Med coast to Ephesus on the Aegean Sea with a few stops along the way. The first and most memorable was … Continue reading
TURKEY – Along the Western Med Coast
We crossed central Anatolia to the Western Mediterranean coast as we continued our loop around central and western Turkey. We based ourselves in Kas, at the edge where the mountains … Continue reading
TURKEY – Across Anatolia – Hattusas and Pamukkale
Our trip across Anatolia from Amasya in the north to Kas on the western Mediterranean was aimed at Cappadocia but book-ended by stops at Hattusas and Pamukkale. Pamukkale is by … Continue reading
TURKEY – Cappadocia’s fairy chimneys and cave houses
Well into our second year on the road it is rarer that a place or an event triggers a “wow” reaction but Cappadocia did the job. A fascinating blend of … Continue reading
TURKEY – The Ottoman heartland – Iznik, Sanfranbolu, and Amasya
In contrast to our previous travels where everything was choreographed carefully for maximum exposure in the limited two or three week window our careers allotted us, one of the joys … Continue reading
MONTENEGRO – Tara River and Durmitor National Park
After cruising the Dalmatian Coast from Dubrovnik to Kotor, we turned inland toward the highlands of Montenegro for some rafting on the Tara River and hiking among Montenegro’s highest mountains … Continue reading
Scott and Marta Dent 