Posts in Category: Europe
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The Golden Horn – Touring the Heart of Istanbul
This is a description of the first full day of an Adventures Abroad tour of western Turkey that Alison and I took in October, 2021. Thanks to the pathetic state of the Turkish lira, at well under $5,000 Cdn this tour is one of the great bargains in travel today. In my first post from […]
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The Ancient Orient Museum of Istanbul
This is my second post from a visit to the Istanbul Archaeological Museums, one of the great museums of the world. In the first post Alison and I visited the Archaeological Museum and spent most of the time admiring the incredible collection of sarcophagi on display there. In this post we’ll stroll the grounds and […]
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Istanbul Archaeological Museums – Part I
This is my third post from a tour of western Turkey that Alison and I went on in October of 2021 before the Delta and Omicron variants of Covid effectively shut down the travel industry. In the first post I explained the reasons that we chose Turkey and why we went with our preferred tour […]
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Turkey With Adventures Abroad
Last October, during a respite in the Covid pandemic, Alison and I travelled to Turkey with Adventures Abroad. We had been to this wonderful country a number of times before and leapt at the chance to visit it again, particularly as the itinerary included a number of places we had not been to before, notably […]
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Cittadella Gozo – Malta’s Most Magnificent Castle
Alas, this is my final post from the tiny island nation of Malta. Although I was only here for six days on an Adventures Abroad trip led by Victor Romagnoli in October, 2021 during a respite in the Covid pandemic, I saw and experienced enough to write fourteen separate posts. In the last two posts […]
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Ggantija Temples – Gozo’s Megalithic Marvels
In the last post I introduced Malta’s smaller sister island of Gozo by visiting the many wonders of the Dwejra area along with our Adventures Abroad group led by veteran guide Victor Romagnoli. In this post we’ll visit another of Gozo’s major attractions, the megalithic temples of Ggantija. We’ll also deviate from the planned itinerary […]
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Gozo – Malta’s Memorable Little Sister
In the last post we finished up our Adventures Abroad tour of the island of Malta by visiting Mosta and Marsaxlokk, but we are not finished with the country just yet. In this post and ones to follow we’ll visit Malta’s sister isle of Gozo which I found to be every bit as interesting and […]
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Mosta & Marsaxlokk – Two Maltese Must Sees
This will be my final post from the island of Malta which Alison and I visited recently on an Adventures Abroad tour led by veteran guide Victor Romagnoli. In the last post we visited the ancient capital of Mdina. In this post we’ll visit two more of the many must see sites on this amazing […]
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Mdina – Exploring Malta’s Ancient Citadel
In the last post we concluded our search for St. Paul in Malta at the small city of Rabat. In this post we’ll walk on from Rabat into its sister city of Mdina to explore the cathedral, walk the narrow streets and enjoy the views of Malta from its high walls. Please join our Adventures […]