Topkapi Palace – Istanbul, Turkey
The Topkapı Palace is a large palace in Istanbul, Turkey, that was the primary residence of the Ottoman sultans for approximately 400 years (1465–1856) of their 624-year reign. As well as a royal residence, the palace was a setting for…
Hagia Sophia – Istanbul, Turkey
Hagia Sophia (from the Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, "Holy Wisdom"; Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia; Turkish: Ayasofya) is a former Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica (church), later an imperial mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. From the date of…
Hiking Around Arches National Park, Utah
To spice up the drive back to California from Chicago, we stopped in at Arches National Park in Utah to hike around and find some arches. Our primary objective was to find Landscape Arch, the longest natural arch in the…
Exploring the Baja CA Coast in San Felipe
One afternoon Mark came home with the wild idea that we would pack up the car and drive directly to San Felipe in Baja California to go camping and ride our bikes for the weekend. The entire drive there (7…
