For your continued reading enjoyment…
Sunday, July 27th, 2008The Brel Adventure may be over, but the blog-writing isn’t. Brendan has been posting his version of our adventures as PlanetEye’s “Global Nomad.” PlanetEye is a cool travel planning website, with city guides, local experts, reviews, photos and interactive maps where all content is geotagged. Check it out.
As the Global Nomad blog’s focus is more on practical information for travellers (reviews, etc.), and less about being in accurate real time…he’s still posting about Argentina. There’s lots more content to come!
Come visit the Global Nomad blog here, or see all the best pictures on an interactive world map here.
Welcome to the crazy and wonderful city of Istanbul. It's been a long road to get here - nearly 4,000 km in fact.
Istanbul is famous for many things, not the least of which is ... 
As we continue our journey through Turkey, we're becoming more familiar with the culture, people and maybe even a little bit of the history. (Ugur, our tour guide: if you are reading this, ... 
We interrupt your Turkey blog reading to bring you real-time news from Athens (our blog is usually a week behind our adventures).
In an unfortunate twist of fate, Brel have found themselves ... 
Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, idolator, worshipper of fire
Come even though you have broken your vows a thousand times.
Come, and come yet again.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
-Mevlana Rumi
We had the opportunity to ... 
While it may not be as well known as Greece for it's coastal towns and islands, the Turquoise Coast is gorgeous. We spent some time in Kas, a beautiful town set amidst cliffs on the Mediterranean. ... 
Happy Canada Day from Brel! 
As we continue our 4,000 km, 14 day road trip, we have fallen in love with Turkey.
Food: The food here is delicious. Our options (thankfully) are more varied than meat-on-a-stick (though shish is available everywhere). And ...