Hiking in Cappadocia Cappadocia is a breathtaking site to see, with its sculpted rocks and canyons. Its a majestic place offering a profoundly surreal looking landscape. It is even more incredible when you are able to hike this region to see every detail up close. The rain and wind, over millennia, have crafted these valleys [...]
Goreme Open Air Museum has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. This rocky settlement area has been home to a flourishing monastery life from the 4th to the 13th centuries. This is one of the most popular tourist spots in all of Cappadocia. Tourists get to enjoy seeing gorgeous rock-cut churches, paintings and [...]
Cappadocia is an incredible historical region in Central Anatolia. Cappadocia means 'the Land of Beautiful Horses’ and since 300 BC this name has been relegated to the inland province, sometimes referred to as Upper Cappadocia or Great Cappadocia. We know from Herodotus’s writings of the Ionian Revolt in 499BC that the Cappadocians occupied an area [...]
Pamukkale is a natural site in southwestern Turkey, in the Denizli Province. Pamukkale means "cotton castle" in Turkish, named for the famous carbonate mineral left by the thermal spring that flows in the area. This remarkable site in the River Menderes Valley, enjoys a temperate climate most of the year. This is where the ancient [...]
Ever since I was a little girl, I've loved history, the past, other cultures, the unknown, far off places, and mystery! I went from wanting to be an archaeologist to an FBI agent to a Sports Medicine Physician and back to an Archaeologist by the time I started Rollins College for a BA in [...]
I have been teaching Yoga Workshops both nationally and internationally since 2011. Of all the ways I am able to share yoga with the world, workshops are one of my absolute favorites because I gets to spend an immersive weekend with yoga students who are curious enough about deepening their yoga practice to carve out [...]
During the height of its power, the city of Ephesus was one of the biggest and most influential cities in the entire ancient Mediterranean world. According to myths and legends, Amazons, great female warriors, founded the city. Ephesus, or Ephesos is thought to have come from “Apasas” which means city of the Mother Goddess. Located [...]
Pergamum is such a fascinating ancient city that I’ve wanted to see in person since I first started studying ancient history in the portables at Lexington middle school eons ago. Pergamum was such a political seat of power for all of Asia Minor, reveling that of Athens in ancient times. Its very well known for the [...]
