S/V Aphrodite

Brisa is the newest crew member of Aphrodite. She is a Portugese Water Dog (Cão d’Água) from Lagos, Portugal. We met her mother, Buba, when we were in Lagos and bought one of her puppies from our friend Rodrigo. She was born December 14th, 2007 and she arrived in Tunisia on Monday [...]

Our return flight from Istanbul was meet by our new friends Karen and Derek in a rental car.  We spent that afternoon visiting Dougga, a UNESCO World Herigtage site and besides El Jem, the best preserved Roman site in North Africa.  Originally a fortified Berber village (the name meant “pastures”), the Romans occupied the city [...]

Location of Istanbul on the Bosphorus Strait, Turkey

Click the play button to hear the Turkish call to prayer.
Every great city has a story, and Istanbul has hers. Her history and exquisite legacy is told through her architecture, which in Old Istanbul is all encompassing. Her skyline is voluptuous with multi-layered dome topped mosques, many of [...]