On our last day in Instanbul we went to the Grand Bazaar.  After reading about all the fun things you could find, especially antique jewelry, and seeing friends’ purchases, I was super excited to go. I expected it to be a lot like the spice market we went to the day before, just on a […]

On our second day in Istanbul, we met up with Alev’s uncle Hamza.  He decided that we should do a cruise down the Bosphorus Strait.  While we waited for the boat to leave, we walked through this spice market.  They had tons of things for sale – lights, scarves, spices, teas, etc…..I sure do love […]

We decided to save the northern part of Santorini for our last day, and so on our third day we drove around similar areas as on our second day. We visited this little church where I had to wear a blanket over my legs to enter. Right beside this church is a beautiful beach with […]

We have now started our 5 week trip throughout Eastern Europe, we are covering 8 countries and our first one is Greece! I have been hounding Martin ever since we moved to Spain to go to Greece, so we knew we couldn’t leave this year without going.  And here we are, hooray! Our first stop […]