Visiting the Blue Mosque, technically known as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, in Istanbul was one of the top things on my list. Our first morning in Istanbul, we visited the mosque and I was quite happy to finally be here! The mosque was built in the early 1600s and it…
When we were scoping out cool stuff to do in Turkey, photos of Pamukkale really jumped out. Pamukkale is a hillside of white travertine terraces created by hot springs depositing minerals that slowly accumulated over time. Pamukkale is about 3 hours from where we’re staying in Fethiye. We are so…
You ever walk around and expect Knights on horseback to storm out of a castle? Me neither, except in Rhodes! Rhodes Town (on the island of Rhodes) is dominated by walls and castles dating from the 1300s to 1500s, when the presence of Christian Knights was at its peak. The…
Visiting the the Acropolis and Parthenon was never that high on my priority list. I always figured I’d get there and it’d be cool to see, but it wasn’t a place I just HAD to visit. I definitely got more excited to see it this year as I taught the…