Cappadocia – a City of Caves, Fairy Chimneys and Earth-processes ! with Julia Smith The Desert Silence – The one hour drive to Cappadocia shows a landscape of distant snow capped mountains and continuous rocky, sandy desolate desert. You can feel the Silence of it even in the van. The desert feels and looks vast […]

Join me on a visit to the Sultan’s oldest and original Palace ! A place of legends, intrigue, unique customs and luxury !!  Topkapi Palace with Julia Smith In this moment of quiet I would tell you about my visit to the Sultan’s original Palace, the Topkapi Palace which was used for many hundreds of […]

Hagia Sophia – Fusion of Muslim and Christian!  Unity! It’s the first Christian Church built 1,500 yrs ago, then it was converted to a mosque but now is a museum. I decided to walk there in the way of a procession. This means to walk slowly being aware of every step you take. This heightens […]

Welcome to Istanbul !                                                                                   The last few days here in Istanbul have been exciting […]