Athens, the birthplace of Western civilization. If it’s on your bucket list, Athens in the springtime is wonderful! My husband and I always try to hit tourist “hot spots” in the shoulder seasons, and that strategy really paid off here. For good reason, this place is on many bucket lists. It was definitely on ours. Shoulder seasons in Greece are April and May, and again in September and October…

Before going to Cappadocia, Turkiye, all I knew about it was that it was a destination for hot-air ballooning over amazing rock formations. But I found out it is so much more than that. After my summer trip to Cappadocia, I have to recommend it for every bucket list…

I recently visited the Ancient Khmer Empire of Angkor in Cambodia. A UNESCO World Heritage site, and an active archeological site for more than 100 years. This site is best known as Angkor Wat. We took the bus to Siem Reap from Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital…

Returning to Rhodes Old City from Lindos, we took the Sea Star ferry to the island of Karpathos, which took about four hours. This island offered a completely different experience and feel from Rhodes. We got off the ferry in the main town of Pigadia, the capital of Karpathos Island…

Recently, I made my first trip to Greece and I was lucky enough to get to visit two Greek islands. I was blown away. I will be writing a separate article for each island as they were such different experiences from each other. Each incredible in its own way. We took the Ibiscus Ferry…

One of the top sites in all of Istanbul, and one that really blew my mind, is the Topkapi Palace. Located in the old historic district of Fatih (Fought E), this palace served for 400 years as the administrative center for the Ottoman Empire and as a residence for the reigning…

Istanbul has two iconic, and ancient bazaars. The Grand Bazaar and the Spice Bazaar. The Grand Bazaar is Istanbul’s most famous bazaar. But I opted to visit the Spice Bazaar, also known as the Egyptian Bazaar. Built in 1664, the Spice Bazaar wins the prize for being…

If you are debating about where you should go for your next vacation, or for that once-in-a-lifetime travel experience, let me introduce you to Istanbul, Türkiye (formerly Turkey). In this three-part article series, I will be bringing you along on the Istanbul…

It seems that everybody has a bucket list these days, and for many of us that list includes travel. Even though my husband and I have been traveling together for over 20 years, our bucket list of places we want to go keeps getting longer…

Until I started traveling to many other countries, it never occurred to me that the New Year is celebrated at many other times during the year besides January 1. As I have talked about in previous articles, my husband and I are retired and slow-traveling…