4/7/98: First day of Qurban Bayrami, a five-day holiday commemorating Abraham’s willingness to obey God’s command to sacrifice his beoved son… Ishmael! We slept in, too tired to rise early for the…
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The Warp and Whoof of Adventure
4/6/98: The bus ride was terrible. We boarded the bus at 9:00pm last night in Istanbul, and arrived 11am this morning in Göreme. 14 hours to travel 720km! We are exhausted and…
The Hungry ATM
4/5/98: Travel day, heading from Istanbul to the Cappadokia region of central Turkey. We checked out of Istanbul Hostel and hung out in the gardens between Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque…
Praying For Direction
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…
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 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…