Category Archives: Travel

Eurodisney, here we come. In the morning, we hit the road for the long drive down to Disneyland Paris, where we’ll spend the next few days. None of us has been before, so we’re not sure what to expect, although … Continue reading →

Breakfast in Istanbul, lunch in Amsterdam. That’s the kind of jet-setters we are. Dinner was also in Amsterdam, though, of course, which sounds less impressive. It was an early start today, at 06:45 EEST. Sabiha Gökçen, Istanbul’s second airport, is … Continue reading →

Our sixth and final day in the tireless metropolis of Istanbul draws to an end. Fireworks were exploding in the sky overhead a few minutes ago, but they were probably not for our benefit, although benefit, we did. We were … Continue reading →

We’ve spent altogether too much time looking at carpets on this trip. Well, you can’t come to Turkey and not go looking for a Turkish carpet, can you? It seems as if every third shop in this city is a … Continue reading →

Yesterday, we awoke to pouring rain, and it would remain that way most of the day. We’d anticipated this, however, and decided to head straight for the Kapalıçarşı, better known as the Grand Bazaar. It’s one of the largest covered … Continue reading →