Oktoberfest: It’s All About the Bier
Here’s the scene: herren in lederhosen and frauleins in racy dirndls standing on their seats, beers in hand, swaying and bellowing out …
2013
Travel Costs: Budapest, Hungary Budget Update
We’re continuing to post our spending numbers as a resource for other travelers. Here is a breakdown of what we spent …
Budapest: Europe at a bargain price
Wide, leafy avenues, a thriving cafe culture, fine wine, great craft beers, soaking in thermal baths. Not quite what you think of when you …
Turkish Delights: The Best (and Worst) of Turkey
We recently had a friend ask us, “If I wanted to go somewhere exotic, but, you know, without cows roaming the streets …
Travel Costs: Turkey Budget Update
By the way, doesn’t Ataturk look a lot like Grandpa Munster? Anyhow….We’re continuing to post our spending numbers as a resource for …
Eating Turkey
Doner kebab — that mysterious tower of layered meat and fat on a rotating vertical spit — is all we knew about …
Down the Rabbit Hole and into Turkey’s Heartland
Sad Update: What an unfortunate blow — our camera was stolen en route to or in Istanbul, so we do not have …
Along the Turkish Riviera
Turkey’s Mediterranean coast was not our first beach stop of the trip. We previously spent some lazy days on the sandy beaches …
Beyond Ephesus: Side Trips from Selcuk
Our first night at our guesthouse right outside of Selcuk, we met Mark, an American defense contractor who had been staying there …
Our E-pistle from Ephesus
To our saintly readers: Where was my head during Sunday School again? Probably on one memorable question posed by my teacher: “What …
Ayvalik, Aegean Idyll
When you think of “Mediterranean fishing village,” the Turkish town of Ayvalik and the nearby island of Cunda (pronounced “Joondah”) are what …
Beyond the Big Three: Istanbul’s Smaller (and Cheaper) Delights
Our group of friends has a saying that, “in life, second round is always better.” While we may have started out talking …
Tomatoes and Granny Panties: Shopping in Istanbul’s Markets
Our very first post on the road, which now seems like very long ago, was about how much we enjoy going to local …
Istanbul, or Constantinople?
Good thing we’re not working on assignment, because Istanbul has made us truant in our blog updates. We’ve been having too much …