London 2013 – 6
We are now almost at the end of our trip to London, let me share with you the last few days, places we visited, faces we …
London 2013 – 5
September 23, another busy day, read it as “a lot of photographs!” The day started at the Covent Garden …
London 2013 – 4
Jan makes excellent pot roast and Yorkshire pudding as she learned from her grandparents. While in London, we wanted to …
London 2013 – 3
Saturday was quite busy, we started the day at Portobello Road. On that long road was a mixture of flea and antique …
London 2013 – 2: Sheffield Trip
Happy birthday Jan, this post is for you. – Love! Jan and I decided to take a ride to Sheffield to pay homage to …
London 2013 – 1
Jan and I visited London in September as guests of my sister Binnaz and brother-in-law Ergun. We had a grand time and I …
Olive Trees of Ayvalik
I have always associated olive oil with the Aegean town of Ayvalik. When I was a child, my mother would buy some brand …
Cape Cod Visit – 2
In the previous post, Jan narrated the places we visited despite the overcast and often rainy a couple of days. But we …
Cape Cod Revisited
Remember the adage, “you can’t go home again?” What’s past is past and is best viewed in our own …
Orphanage Abandoned
The old building on the island of Cunda, overlooking the Aegean sea, at the end of the restaurant strip has intrigued me …
Kirlangic – Part III
A little further down another open doorway revealed a strong columnar structure, probably indicative of heavy loads were …
Kirlangic – Part II
As I walked through the connecting short hallway and went under the hanging doorways overhead, I saw the building that …
Kirlangic – Part I
(The photographs in the three-part post will appear in the portfolio section upon the completion of the series.) Left …
Moonlight Monastery
Ayvalik, a small town on the Aegean coast of Turkey, has a rich history and many remains and reminders of that. Several …
Panagia Isodion Church
One of the most interesting places I visited while I was in Turkey this year was certainly Panagia Isodion Church in the …
London – Boston
The handicapped traveler service of British Airways was far below par. Although I had requested a wheelchair, at the …
London 3
I am back on the State side and almost fully acclimated to the local time and caught up with things that had to be done …
The Photographers’ Gallery
On Thursday, May 31, 2012, we set out to visit The Photographers’ Gallery, a five-story building dedicated to …
London 2
On day two in London we walked out and took a taxi to St. Paul’s Cathedral. On the way to the street we went by …
Istanbul to London
Binnaz, Ergun, and I left Istanbul on May 29, 2012, at 8:55 AM. Quite early by my standards and Ergun would have …
The Glass Furnace
On June 25 Elif, Mina, and I went to the American Consulate to deliver a couple of missing papers. That did not take …
Mimi 2012
Elif and Mina arrived in Istanbul yesterday. I picked them up at the airport and came quickly home since it was both a …
Hasanaki
I had heard about a man who lived alone in one of the remote villages on the island of Cunda. Hasanaki was his name, and …
“Kirlangic” Old Factory Building
In Ayvalik there are many, maybe too many, old buildings mostly left to decay and fall. I tried to visit several of …