Since leaving Antalya, I have been walking progressively slower each day. I’m covering the same distances that I normally do, but it’s taking me hours longer. Today it finally dawned on me that by taking the bus from İstanbul to Antalya, I didn’t give […]
Author: phool4xc
I’m Tired…
…but it looks like I may be able to catch a ferry in Alanya after all. I should arrive there Saturday, and if the information I was given this morning is accurate, I hope to be Cyprus-bound Sunday afternoon. (And if the ferry company […]
Mar 2 – 3: Quick Update
On Sunday I caught the 8:00 pm bus from İstanbul and arrived in Antalya twelve hours later. Overnight we had driven out of winter and into early summer. The weather and the scenery were stunning – snowcapped mountains form a distant ring around the […]
It’s Not About Me (this time)
When I arrived at the hostel in Antalya and went online, I was shocked and deeply saddened to learn that a man who I knew from seminary had passed away the evening before. The following is from the GoFundMe campaign which has been established […]
Mar 1: Quick Update
I got to Liturgy this morning, chatted with my American friend a bit, and then paid a visit to the Studion Monastery. The walls are still standing, but since it’s Sunday, the “museum” was closed. I had a tea at the “Studios Garden” right […]
Museums and Churches and Transit and Plans
Since my last update, I’ve spent hours upon hours in a very select few museums in the old part of the city. I’ve attended Lenten services at several churches. I’ve walked around some touristy bits of İstanbul, as well as a few neighbourhoods where […]
Lazy Days
Monday I was up early, and made it to church before the monks. Everything was in Greek, so although I knew where I was in the services, I missed out on the specific texts for the day. My prayer rope got a lot of […]
