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.....
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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...
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...
Awaking in Istanbul
A multitude of masks is showcased in this shop window in Venice. Waking in Istanbul early Tuesday ended my magic carpet ride through the southern Mediterranean with the longest day imaginable. It...
Why cruise Crystal?
We’ve met many passengers who have cruised multiple times with Crystal, shopping among itineraries offered by both the Serenity, which I’m on now, and the Symphony, which I wrote about in 2006....
By sea to Montenegro
The Crystal Serenity is now at anchor in the Bay of Kotor, outside the walled town of the same name in Montenegro. It’s one of the world’s newest countries, established in 2006...
Montenegro bound
Feedback about Kotor in Montenegro is something I need as I prepare for next week’s voyage from Venice. It will be one of my port visits but I know little about it. My research...
Venice to Istanbul next week
I’m home now, recuperating from surgery, but will join a cruise leaving from Venice on Sept. 30 – just a little more than a week away. I’m pretty wobbly after general anesthesia and...
Washington DC earthquake repairs still underway
It was a year ago today that an earthquake rumbled across the Virginia countryside and sent tourists and others scurrying away from shaking buildings in Washington, D.C. Some buildings still are affected....
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