Author Archives: Ruth
İznik – The Home of Turkish China
As an end of term treat, the local council arranged for my china painting class to go on a day trip to Iznik. Iznik (Greek: Nicaea) played an important role in Christian church history as well as Turkish history, even … Continue reading
Black Sea Travels – Day 15, Amasra to İstanbul
Mark didn’t fancy breakfast so Ruth went for an early stroll around the town and enjoyed the early morning air and had a look at the village market (lots of fresh veg and home-made jams). On the front next to … Continue reading
Black Sea Travels – Day 14, Safranbolu to Amasra
Up late at 8.30 due to there being no light in our rooms to tell us the day had come. A good breakfast, especially the delicious honey again. Then we signed out and headed off to the Kaymakamlar Müze Evi … Continue reading
Black Sea Travels – Day 13, Perşembe to Safranbolu
We began our journey by going through Turkey’s longest mountain tunnel (nearly 4km), and then along the coast as before until Samsun, where we turned inland. Although planning on stopping earlier, we eventually pulled up in Osmancık and ate at … Continue reading
Black Sea Travels – Day 12, Barhal to Perşembe
Breakfast on the terrace again before saying goodbye to Peter, putting all our stuff on the Karahan winch (woohoo!) and sending it down the wire to the car. Back along the scary road to Yusufeli and then back towards Artvin … Continue reading