UNESCO World Heritage Site Pamukkale is actually two sites in one: the travertines and the ruins. The Romans walked from Hierapolis to the mineral water pools two thousand years ago, and you can still do the same today. Because there are two sites in one, why not write two blog posts in one? Usually it’s…
Month: September 2009
Pergamom and the Bad Travel Day
You might be familiar with the Bad Travel Day. Any travel writer, travel blog or tipsy backpacker at the guesthouse will surely indulge you on their particular story, and to be honest we’re no different. We knew the Bad Travel Day would come; we just didn’t think it was going to happen on this particular…
The Sirince Lifestyle
Well, we just had our second power outage in 12 hours. The change in the weather seems to really mess up the Turkish power grid. We lost power in the middle of the night, too. We were probably the only ones who noticed, since we were still awake. Turkey is funny like that. They go…
Travel Tidbits and Tips
Istanbul 1. After seeing the “Feel like a Star” Turkish Airlines commercial in Germany, we were quite excited to see if the service lived up to the claims. The commercial features a good tune that sticks hard in my head. Well, Turkish Airlines was great. Check-in was seamless, and they offered us exit row seats…
The Turkey story
We have been here a week and Turkey remains a juxtaposition, a true transitional country. We left Istanbul via a ferry ride across the Sea of Marmara to Bandirma. The ferry itself is a modern catamaran, indistinguishable from ferries in BC or Scandinavia, really. So modern in fact that you cannot buy a proper Turkish…
Love and Barley 