Adventure BB

I guess we’ve become seasoned travelers since our first visit to Istanbul in 2012. The magic and energy of this great city straddling two continents still throbs. But there was a qualitative...

You’re going where? Uzbekistan? Where’s that? Why? The thrill of the unknown gripped me as I arrived in Uzbekistan with the kind of anticipation that comes from venturing somewhere...

The Cave Stepping into the depths of the enormous cavern of rock, dampness and earth filling my nostrils, I was startled by the roar of rushing water. The stream, flowing directly...

“It is the correspondence that is her manner of living.” “Imagine all that you have said to another, all the commentary you have exchanged with friends over drinks, over the phone...

One of the gifts we receive spending part of the year in two very different places is perspective. After nearly three winter months in the U.S. — including time in California and a...

This post is a departure from our usual travel writing — a more personal reflection shaped by the journey. Spending time with people in their late 80s and 90s has a way of clarifying...