Over the course of six years of travel blogging and 700 photo-filled articles, I’ve amassed tricks to help YOU pack dresses for fashionable travel and great pictures. To illustrate each point, I took a suitcase full of frocks from my favorite dress company, Leota,… [Read More]
Turkey
Hagia Sophia: 1,500 Years of History and Building Beauty in Turkey
My heart is thumping with awe as I arrange the photos for this article. Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey is so astounding that it has captivated humans for nearly 1,500 years… and it may just captivate YOU through this screen! Just as it would… [Read More]
How is Turkish Airlines to Fly, and Behind the Scenes?
Just look at the expansive leg room in the above photo from my Boston-Istanbul flight. That, my friends, is the seductive beast known as “Business Class,” and now that I’ve encountered it, t’will be mighty difficult for this 6-foot-tall woman to fly long distances… [Read More]
The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey: Astounding Details
One of the Most Beautiful Buildings in the World… Istanbul, Turkey’s famous Blue Mosque is hypnotic. You could stare for hours at each swirl of decoration on its 141-foot domes, and at each glint of color on its 20,000 handmade ceramic tiles, imagining the… [Read More]
Beautiful Istanbul, Turkey at Night by Boat and Rooftop
“Why are you going to Turkey?” sneered the saleswoman I was chatting up in the store in the week before my trip. “There’s not much there, plus it’s really dangerous, and also oppressive to women.” “Ms. Marshall!” yelled one of my seventh grade students… [Read More]
