Sites to see in Cagliari [Repost]

During our 2011 Mediterranean cruise our second port of call in Italy was the ancient port city of Cagliari, Sardinia. Like many of our stops tourism has become one of…..

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January 4, 2018

Alhambra’s history as a Christian fortress [Repost]

While the fortress lived up to its intent having deterred any attempts by the amassed Christian forces of Aragon’s King Ferdinand II and Castile’s Queen Isabella I to take the…..

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December 30, 2017

Future of Cadiz [Repost]

Despite potentially being one of the longest continually populated cities in all of Europe, Cadiz within the last decade has faced a steady decline in population with some neighborhoods seeing…..

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December 10, 2017

Istanbul Sites: Sultanahmet Camii [Repost]

More commonly known as the Blue Mosque due to the blue tiles that adorn its interior walls – over 21’000 of which were used – a keen eye might even…..

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November 12, 2017

The Knights of Malta: Life in Malta [Repost]

Despite the clear militarism of the order as the Knights transformed an otherwise desolate island into a flourishing Mediterranean community boasting an impressively fortified capital and signaling their renewed naval…..

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September 23, 2017

NASA Space Shuttle Program history [Repost]

While I’d earlier joked about President Nixon being responsible for giving the final go ahead for development of the space shuttle program in 1972, I thought I should put together…..

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August 17, 2017

Istanbul Sites: Sultanahmet Camii tour [Repost]

During our visit to Istanbul back in November 2011, we had the opportunity to visit one of the oldest mosques in the city. The video’s about three and a half…..

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August 10, 2017

Istanbul Sites: Yerebatan Sarnici tour [Repost]

During our visit to Istanbul in November 2011, we had the opportunity to visit the largest and oldest of the cisterns beneath the city. Our apologies for the poor quality…..

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May 27, 2017

Jemaa el-Fnaa: What’s in a Name? [Repost]

The Jemaa el-Fnaa is the central market place and square of the Old City in Marrakech’s medina quarter. While the true origin of its name remains unclear, translation of Jemaa…..

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April 3, 2017

History of Athens, Greece [Repost]

With the oldest known human presence in Athens being the Cave of Schist dating somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennium BCE it has been continuously inhabited in some form…..