Fairy Chimneys

Well, I finally made it to the continent of Asia. Who knew that the country of Turkey straddled two continents? Part of Istanbul is in Europe (where I have spent the past four days) and the rest of the country,...

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Turkish Baths

It's way to hard to keep up! Everything is moving so fast. I am currently on my way to a region in the middle of the country called Capadocia (pronounced Kapa-doe-kia) known for its naturally formed fairy chimeys and small...

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Where Do I Begin?

Wow! So much has happened! Istanbul is a feast for the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth! It is truly amazing! The colors! Vibrant, in your face, store fronts, traditional clothing, restaurants, carpet stores, antique stores, travel agencies, massive domed mosques...

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Success!

6:00 pm We have achieved success! We are now in Turkey! The train to the Greek/Turkish border was interesting. We had to stop in No Man's Land surrounded by a bunch of guys in camo. We got off the comfortable...

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Should I be worried?

11:30 AM Okay...... we are on the long, long, long (16 hour) train from Thessaloniki, Greece to Istanbul, Turkey. I have done a lot more reading in the guide book in the past few hours and have a little bit...

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Guiness Book

We are getting ready to hop on a bus to Thessaloniki. We just met a man.... another backpacker.... but not a normal backpacker. At first I thought he was homeless. He looked very weathered and dirty.... but GET THIS..... He...

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On to Other Things

Okay, so I left the island of Corfu early (early!) yesterday morning, headed to mainland Greece through a place called Meteora. Metora was really cool, there were these amazing, monstrosity rock formations (reminded me of Garden of the Gods in...

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Corfu

Day 77 Airports 5 Train Stations 32 Bus Stations 16 Ferries 5 Money Exchanges 8 I am here at the Pink Palace hostel on Corfu Island in Greece.... I must say, this place is amazing! It's more like a resort...

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Good Bye Sweet Italia!

It's really WAY too early for me to be awake right now. It's a little past 9 AM and I am on the train from Rome to Bari (in Italy). That's where I will catch the ferry over to the...

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Fair Verona

Yesterday was a bit of a whirlwind, but in a good way. Royce and I woke up , checked out of the hotel while a group of traditional Austrian Alpine french horn players serenaded some hotel guest out in the...

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Apologies

Well, guys..... it seems that I am coming up on being about a month behind on my online journaling. To all the dedicated readers, I am truly sorry. I must say, however, that I plan on catching up very soon....

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