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Ancient Grace: the cathedral and town of Chartres

January 23, 2020

9 Feb 2019 I’m standing on the station platform. The train doors are closing and are more than half shut …

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Paris is always a good idea. Stories of a brief winter sojourn

January 17, 2020

5-8 February 2019 In December 1973, when I was 23 years old, I left Australia for the first time. The …

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Winter In The City of Light – ordinary and extraordinary Paris

January 10, 2020

5-8 February 2019. I’d returned from a solo seven-week journey to Japan and China in early June 2018. The summer …

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Iconic Istanbul: the Grand Bazaar, the Spice Market, and Ayasofya

May 7, 2016

23-30 September 2015. In Greek it’s Hagia Sofia, meaning holy wisdom. In Turkish it’s Ayasofya. The Byzantine cathedral of Ayasofya …

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A Mosque, Some Mosaics, and a Whole Lot of Raw Meat: the streets of Istanbul

April 22, 2016

22-29 September 2015. Somewhere in Istanbul. We are far from the usual tourist haunts, walking down a narrow cobbled street. …

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Istanbul: Topkapi Palace and other beauties

April 16, 2016

21-29 September 2015. We go full circle in Turkey – from Istanbul to Ephesus, to the Mediterranean coast, to Pamukkale …

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Seven Things To Discover in Cappadocia

April 1, 2016

17-20 September 2015. 1. Strange and Spectacular Landscape: Cappadocia covers an area in central Turkey about 400 kilometres (250 m) …

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Exploring On The Moon: the magical landscape of Cappadocia, Turkey

March 24, 2016

17-20 September 2015. The phone alarm starts singing. I moan quietly then suddenly I’m wide awake. It is 3.30 in …

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Dancing on the edge of time. Konya, Turkey

March 15, 2016

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down …

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It’s better to have no expectations: Pamukkale and Kaklik Cave, Turkey

March 4, 2016

8-12 September 2015. I am angry and disappointed. We have walked a long way from the entrance and I can …

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Cruising Turkey: Fethiye and Antalya

February 27, 2016

3-7 September 2015. It is an easy two-hour drive from Marmaris to Fethiye. We walk into our hotel room and …

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Blue Water World: Marmaris and the Dalyan River, Turkey

February 19, 2016

31 Aug – 2 Sept 2015. Bodrum is near the end of a finger of land that juts out into …

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The Blue Aegean and its Ancient Wonders: Turkey’s Ephesus and Bodrum

February 6, 2016

26-30 August 2015. We fly from Istanbul to Izmir, some four hundred and eighty kilometres (300m) to the south, where …

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A City Divided – Istanbul on the Bosphorus

January 13, 2016

21-27 September 2015. There are two entrances to our hotel in Goreme, in the Cappadocia region of Turkey, both with …

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