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…
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…
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…
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…
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…