Turkey

Screen-Shot-2011-11-22-at-1.38.17-PM-500x375 — Many of you asked us what are favorite places from around the world were. That’s obviously a difficult question to answer because each place was entirely different. Although Dumpty’s list slightly differs from mine, here are my ratings after traveling for 7 months to 8 countries. Let us know if […]

The best countries, beaches, and views from our RTW adventure.

11 Sep, 2013 in Animals / Argentina / Australia / Blog / Experiencing the Unknown / Mountains & Nature / New Zealand / Ocean & Beaches / Pakistan / Photography / Reflections / South Africa / Thailand / Turkey tagged Argentina / Australia / Beaches / beautiful views / Cappadocia / Fethiye / iguazu falls / New Zealand / Pakistan / Patagonia / Recoleta cemetery / South Africa / Switzerland / Turkey by Humpty

Cappadocia Chimneys — My husband and I quit our jobs to travel around the world for seven months and our first stop was in southern Turkey. Whenever we travel to a new place, be it a new city in the U.S. or visiting a new country, we always ask ourselves whether we could […]

Best of Southern Turkey

30 Aug, 2013 in Blog / Mountains & Nature / Ocean & Beaches / Photography / Ruins & History / Turkey tagged Antalya / Aspendos Amphitheatre / Cappadocia / Ephesus / Fethiye / Manavgat / Pammukale / Perg Ruins / Underground caves by Dumpty

Istanbul at sunset — 8 was the number of times we did yoga at Cihangir Yoga studio. For only 100 TL ($50) per person, we got a thirty-day unlimited membership pass. The yoga classes were one of the best parts of our Istanbul trip. After just a week of doing it, we saw dramatic improvement […]

Istanbul By the Numbers

4 Sep, 2012 in Animals / Blog / Photography / Turkey / Yoga tagged cats / Hagia Sofia / Istanbul / mosques / Turkey by Humpty

The bazaar — Visiting the ancient and alleged city of Troy was one of the destinations I was most excited about when we initially planned on traveling to Turkey. As we did more research on Troy, though, it was becoming too out of the way, too little to see as it has unfortunately […]

Ephesus: Visions of Ancient Times and Reminiscing on Hector

28 Aug, 2012 in Blog / Photography / Reflections / Ruins & History / Turkey tagged Achilleus / Ephesus / Hector / Illiad / Ruins & History / Troy / Turkey by Dumpty

İsmail Acar’s exhibition “Sema” at the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum. — Rumi is widely misused and misunderstood in my opinion. He has become a fad. An “it” book to cover up in pretty gift wrap and present it to someone, who will probably pile it on to his or her coffee table collection without reading it. Christian Science monitor ranked Rumi […]

Why I Love Rumi

18 Aug, 2012 in Blog / Photography / Reflections / Ruins & History / Rumi / Turkey tagged Ego / Poetry / Rumi / Spiritualism by Humpty

Following our visit to Konya, I have been obsessing over Rumi. Visiting the home of Rumi was an important part of my spiritual journey. Since that Konya trip, I have been reading more about Shams, Rumi’s own spiritual guru. Because it has been weighing on my mind, I wanted to […]

Rumi & Shams

14 Aug, 2012 in Blog / Photography / Rumi / Turkey tagged Konya / Poetry / Rumi / Shams / Spiritualism by Humpty

Tales from our around the world adventures