It was a chance encounter. We had met Petrit and Gloria only the morning prior, as we ate break­fast in Selcuk and pre­pared to go our sep­ar­ate ways. They told us about their trip, and we learned that theirs was remark­ably similar in both scope and itin­er­ary to our own. We had each been in [...]

First of all, I want to reas­sure every­one that we were well away from the zone of last night’s earth­quake. We didn’t feel so much as a tremor, although when I stomp up the steps of our rickety wooden tree­house after the types of huge and deli­cious dinners we get here, it can feel like [...]

I’ve decided to break up the Turkish Food rundown into at least three feasts for your eyes. I may also do one on snacks and deserts, but we’ll have to get snack­ing. Anyway, it’s time for break­fast... It’s normal at most hotels, pen­sions, and hostels to have break­fast included in the room price. Occasionally, we’ve [...]

On the way to the site the clouds didn’t hold much hope for us as they blocked the sky and quickly made puddles in the street. The dolmus con­tin­ued to bump and turn on the winding streets. Some other tour­ists spoke loudy in the front. We couldn’t under­stand them. We only knew it was taxing [...]