|
|
||
 As you know, we love driving around a country. I’m not sure it’s more economical than public transportation, but it certainly becomes more depending on the number of people you are traveling with, and on this stint, it was four of us. We arrived in Germany and proceeded to the rental car desk, where we were [... Rental Car Woes Washed Down with Smoke Beer]  The one of the fantastic things about living in Europe is the proximity to so many things to see and do. Living in Turkey, we’re a little removed from that, but we always have to fly through central Europe when traveling back to the U.S., which we do every year thanks to the U.S. government. This year, [... Whirlwinding Europe Starting in Belgium]  One of the great things about living in Turkey is that it is almost entirely surrounded by water. Where there is water, there are ferries to interesting places. Along the western coast, many of these ferries goo to Greek islands. Last year we took one to Rhodes, and this year we tried the small island of [... Day-tripping to Chios]  You cannot, no matter what all the guide books say, do Thessaloniki in one day. We were there on a Monday, and therefore none of the museums were open. All we did was visit the Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of the city, which were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. So we walked and [... Gawking at Icons and Frescoes in Thessalonika]  The walls of the fortress hide the massive size that it is. Leaving the coast, we headed north towards Varna, then inland towards Shumen. We had heard about Shumen over and over, because it produces one of the best beers in the country and it seemed like a good place to spend the night, but first [... A Shumen and a Horseman] Time-Lapse
Time-Lapse Jordan]  A small site in the Anti-Taurus mountains, the tumulus at Nemrut Dagi is supposedly at its best either at sunrise or sunset. Since we missed the sunset, we chose to rise early and watch the sunrise. Honestly, I’m not sure what the allure of going to the top of a mountain at sunrise is, but this [... Freezing on the Top of Nemrut Dagi]  Turkish woman collecting wild spinach within the ruins of Hattusa. We took a driving trip to Hattusa to visit the ancient capital of the Hittites. I never expected to have so much rain during the Turkish springtime. When we arrived last September everything was brown, brown, brown, and it stayed that way for a long time. [... Hiking Hattusa]  We rented a car and wanted to go explore the western coast of the Korean Peninsula. We were on a quest to find the Unesco World Heritage Site ancient dolmens. A dolmen is a very large rock, somewhat shaped by tools, but basically a rock. The purpose of the rock is to cover the grave of [... The Three Jewel Temples of Korea] |
||
|
Copyright © 2010 Reflections Enroute - All Rights Reserved |
||