• East Meets West: Istanbul

    There are few cities with as much mystique surrounding them as Istanbul. For generations this broken isthmus split by the Bosphorus has been a cultural capital, as important to the crusades as it was to the silk road. As the only city in the world that stretches over two continents, it is a swirling blend…


  • Turkey Part two

    I left off in Gaziantep First it should be noted that in retrospect I am feeling very strongly that stopping there was one of the most important parts of this trip. It helped me to have a vision of where a large part of my family comes from, and the environment that they lived in…