View from the breakfast room of the AND Hotel – Intrepid Travel’s tour starting point in Istanbul.

World famous… back when Istanbul was Constantinople… but that’s nobody’s business but the Turks…

No explanation necessary.

They wanted to make us wear leather skirts, but I hadn’t shaved my legs…

Once held 10,000 Romans…

Not everyone can get in, you know…

Heading back to SNL... Julia Louis-Dreyfus hosted, Snow Patrol was the musical guest

Eating in Ephesus… the local dish to nosh is called Selcuk Tost. And it’s delicious!

Annoying as ever, it’s still a fun place to visit for the first time – or take newbies there!

There’s no place like home…

I live in the city, so I don’t do this much.

Swimming off the coast of Turkey

No, it’s not illegal. And it’s not pot.