Position: 36°55’57″N 24°41’19″E The best-known Cyclades islands are household names and global brands. Mykonos, Santorini, Paros and Naxos are the headliners. With direct flights and regular ferry services, those islands’ year-round populations increase by orders of magnitude in July and …
Position: 37°18’04″N 26°33’42″E Several people, for reasons we cannot fully explain, want to spend time on Aleta. Some want to learn what the cruising life is like, some would like to carouse, some would like to sail, some would like …
DATELINE: KOS, JUNETEENTH-ISH 2022 Not all is quiet on Turkey’s western front. Patience inside the country is running short, while tensions with Greece are running high. Couple that with falling tourism, the strange brew that makes peace in this region …
Position: 36°49’11″N 28°18’25″E Sometime in my early 50s I grew bored with social media. My kids knew as soon as I opened a Facebook account the platform was done for – at least as far as their generation was concerned. …
Position: 36°49’11″N 28°18’25″E With Carol back from swanning around Europe with friends and family, and my return from the hardscrabble world of consulting in the United States, it is time to grease our elbows and get down to the work …
Whether you have always yearned to explore the most European of Asian countries, or the idea of a trip to Istanbul on a whim just entered your head, this guide will tell you everything you need to know for a …
Position: 37°52’09″N 32°30’58″E Based on my recent survey (p2) 100% of kids growing up in 1960s America were called ‘whirling dervishes’ by their exhausted parents. Given the excellence of international studies in America’s grades K-3 we of course assumed a …
Position: 37°58’52″N 38°44’30″E The last time we attempted a visit to the moais of Mount Nemrut, we ended up slipping on ice and backing down the road. It was late enough in the day that walking up wasn’t practical. So, …
Position: 39°33’19″N 44°03’57″E An eye is meant to see things. The soul is here for its own joy. A head has one use: for loving a true love. Legs: to run after. – Rumi There are ghosts out here on …
