Following wisdom from the desert

Todd barefoot on the travertines | Photo by Lauren Girardin In the middle of the Sahara Desert, Todd and I got advice for our travels to Turkey, a place that at the moment seemed as far away as the stars…

Smack me upside the head with a big stick

Tourists gather to photograph the sunrise on Mount Nemrut | Photo by Lauren Girardin You make certain trade-offs when you go on an organized tour, such as the one that Todd and I took to the hard-to-reach Mount Nemrut and…

Optimism and egotism at Mount Nemrut

Mount Nemrut, Turkey | Art by Todd Berman Todd and I barely made it onto the tour to Mount Nemrut in central Turkey. As it was, we decided too late to leave with the van of other tourists, and so…

Walking through haunted lands

Together in Cappadocia | Photo by Lauren Girardin “You’re still here?” The question drifts out to us from a dim storefront as Todd and I walk around Göreme in search of dinner. Göreme’s a small town so it’s not hard…

Surreal Cappadocia – Art from Turkey

Our friend “Stinky” is an epidemiologist whose work has taken him all over the world. When he chose Cappadocia, Turkey for the subject of the drawing he commissioned, I knew that it must be a truly wonderful place. I hope…