4/4/98: Took tour of Topkapi Palace. Met up with Chris and Beth again for a visit to Taksim and Beyoglu. Ate gozleme sandwiches at a local (non-touristy) restaurant, then stopped at a…
Tag: Adventure
Meetings With Remarkable People
4/3/98: Switch to Istanbul Hostel after an early morning search for a better deal. Turns out they opened only the day before! Very nice and clean. Met up with Chris & Beth…
Border Crossing By Train
4/1/98: Up early for a 7am train to Istanbul. The train stopped in Pythion, the Greek border town. 4/1/23: When I wrote “the train stopped in Pythion,” I didn’t mean Pythion was…
Mars Hill and Contextual Apologetics
3/29/98: Visited the Acropolis, and a walk through Monastraki neighborhood. Found a music shop that sells bouzouki (Greek mandolins). After the V’s get home in the evening, George took me to his…
The Why (You really quit your job for this!?)
3/28/98: We moved from our pensione, Student’s and Traveler’s Inn, to the Valiakas home, thanks to their generous invitation. We also visited the National Archeological Museum. 3/28/23: So, other than being young,…
The How (getting from here to there)
When someone asks me “How did you travel around the world?” I dryly, but truthfully, respond: “Mostly lanes, trains and automobiles, but also by ferry boats on the sea, busses with chickens,…
The Where and the When
3/26/98: Still rainy and cold, power out in Athens for several hours, but we manage a stroll through Plaka and Monastraki neighborhoods. Gerry (Ruth’s cousin from Maui) and George Valiakas invited us…
RTW Trip: Arriving at departure
3/24/98: “We are leaving this time. On our way to the airport in fact. … We are really leaving Chicago, and heading off on our Big Adventure in search of the spirit…