Hearing the Muezzin’s Call in Sarajevo, Bosnia
The Baščaršija is Sarajevo’s Turkish district with its small shops selling brass ware and evil eyes and the smell of roasting kebab meat hanging in the air. The five-time daily […]
The Baščaršija is Sarajevo’s Turkish district with its small shops selling brass ware and evil eyes and the smell of roasting kebab meat hanging in the air. The five-time daily […]
The Turkish men in their traditional dress holler at passersby: “Beş lire! Beş lire! Balik ekmek!” The smell of roasting onions and garlic entices the hungry ferryboat commuters to heed these calls.
Lines of blue, pink, yellow, red, green and orange paper lanterns float above our heads. The echoing sound of a massive gong being slowly but repeatedly struck signals the […]
The first sight of the Semana Santa worshippers with their pointy wizard hats can be quite startling to anyone familiar with America’s racial history. But the brightly colored caps—which can […]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I’m on spring break as an added bonus, so hopefully this blog won’t be as silent and sad as it has in recent weeks. 🙂 […]
One of the essential Moroccan experiences is a trip to the bazaar in the Old Medina. Exotic smells of cumin and cardamom drift in the air. The sounds of metal […]
The scent of grilled meats hangs in the air as the loud rhythmic beats grow stronger. The stringed Asian instrument music, sounding almost-but-not-quite out-of-tune to Western ears plays on a […]
Descending a seemingly endless staircase that plummets for 150 meters, you arrive at the starting point of the Wieliczka Salt Mines tour. The dark dampness of the narrow tunnels evokes […]
The climb up a treacherous gravel mountain path seemed endless in the pre-dawn darkness of Eastern Turkey. The steep hundred-foot drops to the sides were thankfully obscured by the shadows. […]
The small town of Mostar is famous for its gravity-defying 16th-century arching bridge, Stari Most, tragically destroyed during the Balkan conflict of the 1990s. The artillery sought to deepen the […]