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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

The Blue Mosque

Women must be covered before entering the mosque, Bill of course had to get a picture.

View from our hotel balcony. The Blue Mosque Sultan Ahmet Camii

First night in Istanbul.

We said goodbye to The Salty Dawg it was sad…

Kay, Mehmet, Lowie, Bill and Davut

July 2 – 3, 2011

The Ferry from Wolf Island – It is a Canadian Ferry and Danny Noticed They were Flying the U.S. Courtesy Flag on the Wrong Side – Big Evening DiscussionOswego, New York to Cape Vincent, New York – Beautiful day, calm seas with a light wind, a perfect d…

Chartleston, SC – 7/4/11 thru 7/6/11

July 4 ….Independence Day found us doing a few chores around the boat before evening. While I took a load of laundry to the laundromat, Ricki cleaned the inside of the boat. In the afternoon Cricket came over and helped Ricki put our 4th of July deco…

Closing off the Nürenberg

We ended the day by having dinner at a Greek restaurant.You know it is a real Greek restaurant when they provide you with the bill and a shot glass full of OUZO Joanne could hardly ride her bike back to the boat. I said “you only had one sip” She said …

Nürnberg Documentation center and court house

We did not realize till now that Bavaria and in particular Nürnberg was the birth place of the National social party created by Hitler. This exposition is open to the public since 2001 and is housed in the unfinished congress hall that was started bu…