Turks are feeling steamrollered by Prime Minister Erdogan’s development projects. In the New York Times, Tim Arango reports from Istanbul: Across this vast city, a capital for three former empires, cranes dangle over construction […]
Thursday started out in a bit of frustration, but turned out okay after all. The plan was to head out by tram to the Naval Museum, then double back to one of […]
Whenever I want to learn about a place, or a different time, I usually go the mystery route—find some good mysteries about whatever I want to know about, and read them. Sometimes […]
This is farther east and still in Europe than I’ve ever been, outside of Moscow—farther than Bucharest, farther than Athens. A lot like both, though—even though the place has been Islamic for […]
A few months ago, I wrote a post called “Out of Our Comfort Zones” while traveling through Costa Rica. My travel companions and I engaged in every adventurous activity we could find […]
Anyone who has walked around the upper platform of Istanbul’s Galata Tower will notice history in the city’s skyline. Instead of the boxy skyscrapers and glass buildings we’re used to in America’s […]
I can think of no better way to say it. Istanbul, Turkey has been a shock to my system. It all started when our plane arrived 45 minutes early (but curiously took […]
