Ben bir kitap yazdım. Aslında yıllardır yazmak istediğim, ve anlata anlata yakın arkadaşlarımı bayılttığım bir kitap fikrim var. Bu o değil. Arada gelen, ‘sen bu gezi yazılarını bir kitap haline getirsene’ tarzı yorumlar oluyor. Bu o da değil. Bu kitap … Continue reading Aquila’nın Öyküsü
How do you like your coffee ? A scalding hot espresso, a frothy latte or a Turkish coffee with just a tad of sugar. When you prefer it to your exact liking, you hold the cup to your nose, inhaled … Continue reading Coffee – The Great Soberer
Every time I travel to Knidos, I feel giddy with anticipation. This is where the mighty Mediterranean meets her capricious daughter, the Agean. View from the theatre The approach itself – be it from Bodrum in the North or Datça … Continue reading Knidos – Home of the naked Aphrodite & the Lion
In this strange C-19 days everyday activities took a new meaning. A mundane thing like grocery shopping became something that needs minute planning and execution now. Last time I dared the supermarket aka the virus wilderness, it was full of … Continue reading Versailles – the palace, the gardens and the eggs
We had a two-week gap in the beginning of October and decided to take a road trip to Provence. It was a bit late in the season, but we decided to trust our luck. People go to Provence because of … Continue reading Autumn in Provence
In order to escape the spring rains and kick-off summer properly we decided to fly to Crete for a short holiday. It’s a land full of hills and gorges, rocks and beaches, Venetian castles and Minoan ruins and miles and … Continue reading Kalo Kalokeri / A Very Happy Summer from Crete
Before Tenerife was an island it was a giant volcano. During millions of years and countless explosions, the mighty El Teide erupted itself to create the island that we know today. It still remains the highest volcano this side of Atlantic, … Continue reading Islas Canarias
Are you rich enough to commission your own Matisse ? Or fill the walls of your palace with art so dense that it will be a challenge to distinguish one painting from another ? The man who answered positively to … Continue reading Matisse over the stairway, Gauguin under the curtains
There are some cities in this world that are so rich in history and culture and every kind of human emotion from greed to purest kind of love that they evoke a certain excitement even to think about, whether you’ve … Continue reading Cartagena – The city of colour
About 12 miles off the north coast of the Isthmus of Panama, there lies an archipelago of 365 islands known as the San Blas Islands or more recently Kula Yala. They are the home of the Kuna, the indigenous people … Continue reading San Blas Islands – Land of the Kuna
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