It’s not the first time this happened, and it won’t be the last. We hit a wall. It’s only a small wall, but a wall nonetheless. Our goal was to get up at 7:45 am and be at the Blue Mosque, for which…
Turkey Day Three – Jaunting to Asia for a quick coffee
Trains, Boats, Trams, Buses, Taxis, Funiculars and Feet: the only transport we didn’t use today were submarines and airplanes. We’ve often remarked that city travel is deceptively tough. You cover a lot of ground, stand all day, and duck people and…
Turkey Day Two: more food, Hagia Sophia and lots of walking
I expected drizzle and cold, and cold it is in the shade. But the sun illuminates and heats Istanbul intensely even at 10am as we walk down the narrow streets toward the waters edge of Karakoy. Karakoy is on the…
Turkey Day One: Great airline, Great Food, Great shoes
The day before we travel is always stressful. I had a boss that used to say “Work wouldn’t get done if it weren’t for vacation”, referring to the massive push to clean up the task list and prepare the house…
Brazil Day 9 – Street art tour Rio De Janeiro
In 2013 I had the pleasure (and sometimes pain) of spending every third week or so in Shoreditch, London for six months. It was a grueling travel schedule, especially so shortly after Trish’s death. But it was professionally rewarding and it…