Spicing Things Up in Istanbul: A Quick Visit to the Spice Bazaar
There are days on the road when all you want to do is explore. You leap out of bed with the…
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A Slice of Life in Chiang Mai
“Sawadee ka … pad krapow gai kai dow?” It takes me a second to decode the stream of rapidfire Thai as…
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Scenes from Sultanahmet
Little slices of life in stunning Sultanahmet.
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First Impressions of Istanbul
The sky darkened as evening turned to night. I clutched a kebab, the smell of the dürüm-wrapped meat wafting deliciously around…
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Why Bulgaria Blew Me Away
By the time we left Romania we were running on empty. Out of both energy and motivation after five weeks of…
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Slowly Sightseeing in Sighisoara
Sighisoara, in central Romania, is one of those places where nothing seems to happen in much of a hurry. It started…
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Pork, Stray Dogs and a Fortress: Two Days In Brasov
I knew virtually nothing about Brasov before I went. To be fair, that is not a rare occurrence. My “research” for…
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A Ridiculous Day at the Beach
It seemed like a good idea at the time. We were in Mostar, in southern Bosnia, and hadn’t been to a…
