Empty Nest Expat

An exquisitely dressed bride smiles on her way to her photo shoot Every weekend in Yıldız Park in Beşiktaş, brides come to have their...

I saw the man first. He was in a long royal purple tunic with white pants. A cult member, surely, I thought. Then I rounded the corner ...

A Saudi Lady with her blue eye contacts on Büyükada Island   This woman's eyes caught my attention last night. Büyükada Island,...

The hammam at Cirağan Palace Kempinski There are some discoveries in Turkey that are so delightful, they bring the immediate thought, “wh...

The ensemble cast of Süleyman's Ottoman Court Hollywood is so dominant in entertainment, it's easy for Americans to think no on...

Great movements often start in coffee shops. Vaclav Havel famously met with his fellow Czech dissidents in the Cafe Slavia across from the N...

For a week straight, my college friend Robin and I did nothing but shop and eat and talk to her husband Jim.  Jim, as a wine maker and a lon...

Imagine, being able to find beauty like this and world class beer for under $1 a glass all in one country.  Yes, the Czech Republic and Slov...

  Starting a fun day of sightseeing at a cold beautiful overlook of Stockholm  I recently had the opportunity to visit Sweden.  I went in ...

  My beautiful young couchsurfing hostess Kamilla Somewhere between Prague and Sophia, the look of the people changed.  I don't know w...