Empty Nest Expat

    A spectacular sunny day - one of the first of Spring.   I was with Barb, a new friend from America, working here in I...

Cherry Season in Istanbul! I can't get enough of them. Turkey has such a vibrant and local agricultural industry. Seems like every...

Aldo Leopold I have a young teenage friend here in Istanbul who pines to be out in the Turkish countryside among apple orchards, tending...

Hanging out at the Beach with Prague Castle in the background Wow, a sandy beach in Smichov on the river Vltava? Who knew? I had no idea! Th...

If we keep walking past Letna Park we could enjoy the grounds of the Summer Palace. It would be the first time this season I have found it ...