The Sea
At around 3 p.m. each day, my tour guide and I would part ways—she to her home and family, and me to my wandering. Only once did I...
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The Blog.
I post every Wednesday and Saturday about writing, editing, teaching, and travel.
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Old City Sights
Old City Corner I spent three full days in Istanbul. At 8 a.m. each day, I met my tour guide, Gamze, at the Starbucks at Taksim Square. ...
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- Mar 12
- 4 min
The Basilica Cistern
To examine the history of a civilization, first consider its water. Ancient civilizations formed on the banks of rivers. The ancient...
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- Mar 5
- 4 min
The Hippodrome of Constantinople
Ruins of the Hippodrome, from an engraving by Onofrio Panvinio in his work De Ludis Circensibus (Venice, 1600). The same morning I saw...
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- Mar 2
- 1 min
Perspective
Hagia Sophia from the Bosporus Strait. I had a birthday yesterday. Getting older every year. I got the cutest card from the cutest...
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- Feb 26
- 6 min
Hagia Sophia
Note: I am no historian or expert on this structure or region. As such, I am referencing History.com for most of the information...
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- Feb 23
- 2 min
A First Look at Istanbul
The Republic Monument in Taksim Square. The sculpture commemorates the foundation of Turkish Republic in 1923. After spending a little...
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- Feb 16
- 1 min
Brasov, Remembered
In today's post, I'm going to share the last of my photos from Brasov. Brasov is so full of character. I loved it. On Saturday, I'll...
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- Feb 12
- 2 min
Mount Tâmpa
The city of Brasov cannot be separated from the mountain around which it was built. The first thing a visitor notices, in fact, is the...
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- Feb 9
- 2 min
Sinaia
In my last post, I talked about Peleș Castle in Sinaia, but I didn't talk much about the city of Sinaia itself. Although I was only...
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- Feb 5
- 4 min
Peleș Castle
I've been thinking about how buildings tell stories. Like novels, buildings tell stories about who we are, what we value, what time...
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- Feb 2
- 2 min
The Cetatuia Citadel
Towards the end of my stay in Brasov, I found myself rushing to get to the last of the many sites I wanted to see. Brasov's Cetatuia...
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- Jan 26
- 2 min
The White and Black Towers
The White Tower (Turnul Alb) The Black Tower (Turnal Negru) Sitting beside the Council Square (Piața Sfatului) in Brasov are two striking...
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- Jan 19
- 4 min
The Black Church of Brasov
At the end of 2022, I spent one month traveling in Romania, Turkey, and Greece. I spent a little over two weeks in Brasov, Romania,...
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- Jan 12
- 3 min
Bucharest, the "Little Paris of the East"
The Arcul de Triumf in Bucharest As promised, here at the start of 2023, I've decided to revisit Europe with you, my readers. Each...
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