Dear Family and Friends, Last weekend, Mike and I went on a trip with FARIT (Friends of the American Research Institute in Turkey) to see the remains of the Long Walls of Thrace, or the Anastasian Wall. This 5th century fortification stretched from the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea and was intended to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Turkey'
The Long Walls of Thrace
October 26th, 2011 No Comments
Tags: Anastasian Wall · ARIT · Büyükgerme · charcoal · Turkey
Blog Action Day 2010: Water
October 15th, 2010 No Comments
For Blog Action Day 2010, I will give you some facts about the Bosporus Strait, the body of water closest to my home for 9 months of the year. The Bosporus is 20 miles long and 2 miles wide at its widest point. It varies in depth from 100 to 400 feet. Its ‘S’ shape [...]
Tags: Blog Action Day · Bosporus · istanbul · Turkey · water
Hıdrellez Festival
May 9th, 2010 No Comments
One of my favorite blogs is Istanbul Eats. Here you will find news and reviews, tips and advice regarding food and restaurants in, and occasionally out of, Istanbul. A post this week, The Other Hidrellez, led us on an adventure last night up the Bosphorus to the Çayırbaşı quarter of Sarıyer. Just click on that link [...]
Castles and Caravanserai
April 22nd, 2010 No Comments
There are plenty of old castles between Antakya and Adana, and on our drive to the airport, Mike wanted to see some. None of them were very well known, and none of them had other tourists. That might be because, even though they are near the highway, you have to be persistent in order to [...]
Tags: Adana · Bakras · Sokollu Mehmed Pasa Complex · Toprakkale · Turkey · Yilankale
Karatepe Open Air Museum
April 8th, 2010 No Comments
On Saturday, we flew to Adana where we spent the night and rented a car for our trip south into the province of Hatay. Adana reminded us of Cairo. The streets were packed and noisy — cars, trucks, donkey carts, motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians, fruit vendors — and the designated lanes were overflowing from 2 lanes [...]
