TravelnWrite

Travel not only makes the world feel smaller, it also brings the headlines home.  And with this week’s headlines, we are taking a brief brea...

We still bring a paperback or two on trips and save room in the suitcases for any that we might purchase along the way. (Eat your heart out ...

We had four stops in Turkey: Kusadesi, Istanbul, and then on the Black Sea coast we visited Trabzon and Sinop.  We thoroughly enjoyed the si...

            Sea and sky were the same color We sailed out of the Black Sea on Tuesday, arriving in Piraeus sometime in the early hours of t...

The Black Sea is living up to its name: it is a dark - and today - very dreary sea.  We've had heavy clouds and last night a heavy rain ...

We are off to the Black Sea We are off to the Black Sea.  The Westerdam is in port.  We will board in the early afternoon and set sai...