Brzantine Columns in Haghia Sophia

S/V Dove

    This is S/V Dove berthed at the historic St. Mary’s City, MD.  This is a replica of the ship that sailed up the St Mary’s river in 1634 with the S/V Ark to establish the first settlement in Maryland.  She is 65 feet long wi…

July 3 – 4, 2011

Cape Vincent, New York – Clayton, New York – Left the Cape in the early afternoon for our long cruise of 14 miles. This is the holiday weekend and we were waiting for the municipal dock to clear out. We managed to get on the inside so we would not ge…

The nave of Sophia’s dome reaches to a height of 184 feet

Myrtle Beach to Wrightsville Beach

After getting Corey’s parents to the ‘huge’ 6-gate Myrtle Beach International Airport to catch their flight back home, we stopped off at the grocery store to do some quick provisioning and spent the rest of the day working on the boat.  The …

Haghia Sophia Calligraphic roundel

Bill enjoys his chicken donners!

The Blue Mosque

The Blue Mosque was built in 1606-1616. The mosque caused great hostility at the time it was built because a mosque with six minarets was considered a sacrilegious attempt to rival the architecture of Mecca.

Ask Christi a Question and Win a Free Book!

From Left to Write Book Club is going to be interviewing Christi. They are taking questions from the general public. To encourage people to submit questions, they are giving away a free book. Each separate question posted in the comments on their site is an entry in the book contest.  Now is the time to […]

Iznik tiles inside The Blue Mosque