Category Archives: Traveling

Two days in Helsinki

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Bryan Keith

What a fun short visit to Helsinki. Since we were in Tallinn, we figured we ought to make the trip, but I must admit that I wasn’t so excited about the Finnish capital. The ferries wanted too much extra money … Continue reading →

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Train touring Estonia: Valmiera to Narva

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Bryan Keith

From Valmiera to Narva we traveled largely by train. The only bicycling was two days from Tartu to Viljandi and a little bit in the cities of Valga, Tallinn, and Narva. It was a good call as we would have … Continue reading →

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Road trip to İzmir (and the İzmir synagogue tour)

Posted on December 15, 2024 by Bryan Keith

where we visit the Roman sites of Herakleia Salbake, Nysa, Kızılçullu Su Kemerleri, Smyrna; Byzantine ruins at Kadifekale; Ottoman mosques; and İzmir’s historic synagogues Ferda and I met up with Gülizar and Ali in İzmir this spring for our Likya … Continue reading →

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A Rhodes history tour

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Bryan Keith

Rhodes — our 6th and final island of this month-long tour in Greece. Rhodes was the only island that I had visited before. Ferda and I arrived by ferry from Heraklion and met Ferda’s parents who arrived on the ferry … Continue reading →

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Auto-touring Konya: Fasıllar, Kilistra, Çatalhöyük, and the provincial capital (merkez)

Posted on October 26, 2024 by Bryan Keith

To get to the start of our Zengibar Yolu walk Ahmet, Ferda, and I drove from Antalya to Konya. A number of things seemed familiar to me. We drove the new Derebucak road which I had bicycled before it was … Continue reading →

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