On The Road With The YaYa's

Europe

  • Walking Up and Down In Valletta

    I woke up at 4:30 AM. Doesn’t matter what time zone I am in or what country. 4:30! At least I had a coffee maker and refrigerator in the room. The plan today was a walking tour of Valletta, the… Continue reading

  • Finally in Malta

    A long 24 hours but we are finally here in Malta. I never take pictures out of the window of an airplane but the descent into Malta and all the surrounding islands was worth it. Malta is south of Sicily… Continue reading

  • Areviderci Florida

    I know that every time I travel I say the same thing. Trip of a lifetime. That is what I feel about this trip too. It is certainly the longest. I have never been away for a whole month. We… Continue reading

  • People, Places and Things

    This post is just a round up of cool things that didn’t fit anywhere else. The Turkish people were very nice but we found that once we were out of the city of Istanbul communication could be difficult. The food… Continue reading

  • Last Days in Turkey

    One thing I learned in Turkey was in the last year I have seen enough Roman ruins to last a life time. Morocco, Egypt, Jordan and now Turkey. Those Romans really got around. Some of them were truly spectacular but… Continue reading

  • Yunak Cave Hotel in Cappadocia

    This hotel has to be the most unusual place I have ever stayed at. The rooms were caves cut into the side of a mountain. The bathrooms were gorgeous and all marble, The only problem was the steep walk up… Continue reading

  • Last Day in Cappadocia

    I woke up this morning at 2:00 AM waiting for the 4:30 AM wake-up call for the balloon ride. There had to be several hundred people waiting for the buses to leave for the balloon site. We waited and waited… Continue reading

  • Cappadocia

    We are staying for 3 days in a cave hotel. It is so cool I will do a separate post on it. We were supposed to do the balloon ride this morning but it got cancelled because of the wind.… Continue reading

  • On The Road To Cappadocia

    Never knew I was mispronouncing Cappadocia all these years. Now I know. Our guide, Mehmet, is always behind with his schedule because he likes to talk so this morning we had to stop at the Crystal Terrace which is a… Continue reading

  • On To Safronbolu

    We left Istanbul this morning at 8:00 AM in the middle of rush hour. I was very glad we were going out of the city because the streets were like a parking lot. We traveled over over a bridge that… Continue reading