Half a day in Istanbul, July 2017

My flight home from Varna was via Istanbul with a 9-hour layover. I never was in Turkey before and instead of sitting at the airport decided to see a little bit of Istanbul. The flight to Istanbul was scheduled to arrive at 5 am. Tourist attractions open at 9 am. The boarding for the flight […]

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Washington, D.C., March 2017

‘HOWDY’, the inscription on wings of a Spirit airplane cheered up its passengers as we were flying from Denver to Fort Lauderdale. Not everyone on the plane was in a good mood. The flight was almost 2 hours late. Spirit did not have a pilot in Denver to fly our aircraft. The airline sent one

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Bulgaria, 2012

The underrated country Bulgaria is one of the most underrated countries in Europe. I am not the first person to say this and may not be the last. By the time I am writing this I have been to 73 countries and territories. When I go to a new place I often ask myself the

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