This is our fall 2024 International trip to Turkey’s Black Sea northern coastal area, with a 4 night stop in Bucharest, Romania on the way in. We’ll visit Bucharest, Istanbul, Safranbolu and Trabzon before heading home with an overnight in Amsterdam. 18 days in all.
Hello Everyone, Our final destination on this trip, Trabzon, is a small city in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast, near the border to Georgia. The geology is what I would call “wildly” mountainous, because there are peaks and valleys everywhere, but not much flat land between them. Everywhere you go, in from the seacoast, you […]
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Hello Everyone, Istanbul – We have traveled to Turkey several times in the past and I have written a lot about Istanbul. However, there are few new things to report as an update. Our last visit was back before the pandemic. It had always been easy just to stop by Istanbul for a few days and “hang out.” The
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Hello Everyone, Romania is still a poor country, but things are steadily improving. They have joined the European Union to help their economy & standard of living, and have also joined NATO to help assure their independence from Russia. However, their national airline, Tarom, leaves a bit to be desired. We flew to Bucharest, from Amsterdam
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Hello Everyone, This week Carol and I are headed to Turkey’s Black Sea region. After a few nights in Bucharest, Romania, we’ll fly to Istanbul and eventually settle in at Safranbolu and Trabzon, before returning home. Seventeen years ago we traveled to Romania to see its wonders. Bucharest was not on our agenda then,
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