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Journal of Two Independent Travelers: Turkey– Redo 2
Friday 10-14-10 After breakfast we headed for Goreme and the outdoor World Heritage Site. It seemed like we climbed up and down mountains touring the caves: the home sites, church sites, business sites and a monastery. The Greek Orthodox settled … Continue reading
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Journal of Two Independent Travelers: Turkey– Redo
In the beginning, there was research and planning….. We argued. Mike wanted to see Turkey and I wanted to revisit Spain and France. Three different travel guides discussed the attitude of the male Turk toward the female which add up … Continue reading
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The “Wild” Tamed
Lovely presentation of food! The wine is arriving shortly! These faces are beginning to smile, and perhaps drool a little. Everybody needs at least half a glass of wine to start— and shortly all these medium solemn faces … Continue reading
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Living in the Raw
Mike is doing a, “happy dance” visiting Fangoria Winery. You can see (on his right knee) where he actually knelt to see and smell (not kiss) the vines. This young vineyard manager took us up and down the rows of … Continue reading
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Fanagoria Winery
In the beginning— There was rain, cold, and even bits of snow- but that was October in Moscow. Then onto St. Petersburg, and the weather was slightly milder but still cold. We’re standing before the ship that with one shot … Continue reading
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An unusual “Birthday Holiday” in Pacific Grove, California.
Our daughter Bronwyn and her daughter Edie were both born on January 27th. We arranged to stay for several days at the Lighthouse Hotel. They arrived from Sacramento while we drove up from San Luis Obispo- missing most of the … Continue reading
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Suzdal, Russia and The Golden Ring
This is the picture of our lodging at the Art Hotel Nikolaevsky, Posad. Looking closely on the left the building with three green roof tops is where we stayed in a lovely suite. The red roofed building with the blue … Continue reading
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This is a continuation from the first blog about Russia
The Aurora Ship, which was used to counter attack the Bolsheviks in Saint Petersburg as they attacked the parliament while it was in session at the Winter Palace. This revolution was in October 1917. The Aurora revolutionary ship. It fired its gun, one … Continue reading
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Saint Petersburg
Saturday October 7th, we took two trains to Saint Petersburg and arrived at 7 PM: A mob of train people- including, “Taxi hunters” hustling at exorbitant prices. If you were dragging luggage you were a victim. Mike kept saying, “Too … Continue reading
Moscow Russia
Arrived around 1:00 PM and checked into our hotel Pushkin. And proudly shown into our split-level suite. She said welcome to our best room in the hotel and stopped. Looks at my cane. I look at her, and at the … Continue reading
