This morning brought on an unexpected excursion into Istanbul; we drove from Kemerburgaz through the winding, narrow streets of Bebek that find themselves sprawled over hill tops and along the Bosphorus River. Bebek, located on...
“Talent is universal but opportunity is not,” said U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, when she presented the First Annual 2010 Fairness Award to Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) earlier...
The facade of a window on the Thaddeus Stevens School on Spring Garden Street....
Hello hungry travelers! Today marks a culinary landmark in our global journey. Admittedly country number 63 seems like an odd landmark, until you realize that the country in question is France. Anyone who knows even...
Syria is not a country most folks just stroll on into. We had to send to the embassy in DC to get a visa and swear we had never been to “occupied Palestine.” Where the...
The food of Sicily is not only one of my favorites (maybe my favorite) but it's also a hidden treasure for most of us in the US. Since Sicilians have been coming to the...
We weren’t able to leave for Belize as planned via ferry, due to rough seas, so we hung out with a group of fellow stranded travelers, discussed alternate plans, and ended up staying as a...
Once upon a time, there was a chapter in a forgotten book that had gathered dust and mildew called The French Connection.
In this chapter lived a little girl who was told half her heritage...
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