Small world of Crystal Serenity
These street musicians in Istanbul stopped their lively playing when the call to prayer rang out. When Dave Ashley reached out by email after reading last month’s story about my Mediterranean cruise...
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Muslim attire uncommon in secular Turkey
Istanbul’s ancient history is revealed in its architecture, which includes the Haghia Sofia, built in the 532 as a magnificent Catholic basilica and converted into a mosque in 1453. But the city...
No fear in Turkey among Ottoman slippers, mosques of Grand Bazaar
Wide walkways in the Grand Bazaar had their origin in the 1400s, when it was built on the trade crossroads between Asia and Europe so camels could carry goods to merchants inside.....
Meet (again) a true adventurer from Mentor
I crossed paths once more today with Jayme Otto Noyes, a young woman from Mentor who I met two years ago in Croatia. I found her again through an email directing me...
Reading Travel: in print or online?
A string quartet tunes up and cruise staff prepares a buffet of sweets for the Mozart Tea aboard the Crystal Serenity They tell me people prefer reading online to the newspaper, but...
Scottish Highland cattle, humanely raised and good to eat
These shaggy and sweet-faced Scottish Highland cattle live outdoors all year round in Geauga County. I’ve been enamored of Scottish Highland cattle since I first encountered them in the highlands and...
Breakfasts over the top at Baltimore’s Blue Moon Cafe
There’s usually a wait for a table at the tiny Blue Moon Cafe in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood. But it offers a good time to examine the very comprehensive menu. The extraordinary...
Catching Mediterranean sardines for lunch
A small wooden shed holds nets that are lowered into the sea to catch sardines near the mouth of the Po River off Ravenna, Italy. Maybe it’s my Norwegian heritage or perhaps...
Previewing new Mentor Melt
I’m pretty sure the crowds won’t allow me to get near the new Melt Bar & Grilled after it opens Friday. So I’m glad I was invited to a preview of the...
A fresh look at Baltimore
It’s funny how you can come to a town to visit relatives and think you know it but come back for another purpose and discover lots more you didn’t know. That’s how...
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