Greetings from the ancient city of Ephesus... it's a dramatic collection of ruins on the Aegean coast dating back to the time of Rome and Greece. The sun here is boiling, and there are thousands of tourists clogging up the crumbling bathhouse and the enormous open-air theater, but it's a very impressive place. You can still read the Greek writing on the market stalls (er, if you knew Greek anyway), and admire the statues of Sophia and Episteme on the tombs, and...

Istanbul, the brilliant jewel of various empires for thousands of years and a place I was greatly looking forward to, did not disappoint. Turkey is among our most exotic destinations this trip, and as I alluded to last blog, it rekindled my traveling spirit. Don't get me wrong, as our trip begins to wind down I still feel a measure of relief. But this place is definitely a breath of fresh air and gave us plenty of fun stuff to explore. Our hostel had one of t...

We have taken quite a break from our traveling routine (if traveling can ever be said to be routine). First two weeks at the camp in Serbia, and now two weeks traveling Romania with Rebecca's family... Romania is a largely poor, rural country, still mostly agricultural. Everything they grow is organic, not because they care, but because they can't afford fancy chemicals. They adore America and try to imitate Westerners whenever they can; the country's governm...

Hi all, just a short update on my last two weeks. First, let me say I am totally heartbroken, because I just made a lot of new friends and then had to go and leave them behind. Two weeks was long enough to share unique experiences, have a lot of fun and create something amazing, but it was not nearly as much as I wanted to spend with these people. Sniff, sniff... The workcamp was in the beautiful middle of nowhere, Serbia (as you can see from the above photo,...

Hi everyone: Thanks for following along with my travels! Unfortunately, I won't be able to post again for quite a while. For the next two weeks, Rebecca and I will be doing environmental work at a volunteer camp in Serbia, and we won't be able to post any blogs. But you can imagine us sweating in the summer sun, getting our hands dirty, working hard and meeting new people. After all, we need a little good karma to make up for all of our bourgeois, picture ta...