May 18, 20234 minTravelGalata TowerMy guide and I parted ways after visiting the Galata Mevlevi House Musuem—she to see her mother-in-law, and I to check out Galata Tower. ...
May 14, 20233 minTravelRumi's Whirling Dervishes“Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.” ― Rumi A trip to Istanbul is incomplete without mention of the 13th...
May 7, 20232 minTravelThe TünelIt might not look it in pictures, but the hill from Karaköy to the Beyoğlu district, past Galata, is quite steep. I walked it several...
Feb 23, 20232 minTravelA First Look at IstanbulThe Republic Monument in Taksim Square. The sculpture commemorates the foundation of Turkish Republic in 1923. After spending a little...