A few more pics from our visit to Bozukkale, because a bay this lovely shouldn't be upstaged by a broken castle...
We headed back to the Istanbul airport—but this time to rent a car. Our first stop was a seven hour drive south towards the capital Ankara and then eastward into Boğazkale where the ruins of the...
Who needs Rick Steves when we’ve got our niece Danielle? Before heading back to the boat, we started making plans for our road trip into the heart of Türkiye. Normally this is a fastidious affair...
Everyone should have a naked bucket list. Places around the world where you strip down and heartily join in the bathing and body care rituals of other cultures. These are often my favorite travel...
Hidden below the city of Istanbul lies an underground forest of stone pillars that aren’t seen until you descend below the street and down some fifty steps beneath the ground. Back in the...
Our road trip through Türkiye started on foot in Istanbul, walking the labyrinth of mosques that are clustered inside the city. Their colossal domes rise like hilltops hemmed in by minarets. First...
The best road trips often start at the airport. So here we are with our friends Marcel and Karen headed to Istanbul. This summer we’ll be sailing the spectacular Turkish coast so we can accumulate...
✔️our yellow dinghy is up on the davits—let’s see if we can get another season out of her ✔️our trashy looking winter cockpit surround is off (the taped up white one) and the nice blue surround...
We took our trampoline down to a repair shop at the end of the season last year and had them put grommets around it. It seemed like the old loops were getting tired and we weren't feeling confident in...
All the posh luxury boats in the yard have their own support vehicles. And our neighbors over on the 61’ charter yacht “Namaste” had an impressive van with their massive lotus logo on the side. Not...