I left Kupreanof September 20 for Seattle on the ferry–another disaster which I’ll address in a separate Alaska Ferry Post soon. This time, I drove my new Toyota Tundra on board loaded with all sorts of tug stuff and two coolers of food/halibut, etc. And...
Cappadocia lies in central Turkey yet is surprisingly easy to access. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was a National Park until Erdogan pulled its park status, calling it an “economic development and tourism zone” or some such...
The Rahmi M. Koc Museum in Istanbul is one of the finest technological and maritime museums in the world with over 16,000 exhibits. Mr. Koc is perhaps the most wealthy man in Turkey and owns about 140 businesses in his country. He is also one of the largest...
Istanbul–one of the great cities of the world–is an amazing place to say the least dating back to 660 BC. It’s about 80 km in diameter and home to perhaps 20 million people, depending upon who’s counting. It spans two continents is built upon...
The last push from Budapest to Istanbul isn’t an easy one and involves five separate trains not including the maze of undergrounds from Halkali to my destination in the center of Istanbul. The Man in Seat 61 lays it out pretty well but it’s hard to grasp...
There are about a dozen bridges spanning the Danube River here in Budapest. I didn’t know this as I trained into town but I was soon to learn. From Venice, it was an all day trip to Vienna–arriving about 5pm. I grabbed a room at the Motel One or some...
