Princes’ Islands

October, 1998 Sara is one of our family now, and she continues to grow as the island’s leaves thin out around us. The tangerines in… Read More »Autumn rolls in

The Prince’s Islands are is overrun by cats, but Heybeliada‘s are the most beautiful. When we first arrived, we kept my cat Meow Meow inside… Read More »A feline infestation

We saw a movie last week, the last film the island showed this season.  We went primarily to visit Heybeliada’s only movie theater, and because… Read More »The island’s movie theater

Our island has a Greek monastery and a mosque, both of which I’ve seen, but the synagogue’s always been closed whenever I’ve passed. That’s not… Read More »Inside a Turkish Synagogue

Apartment-hunting in Turkey remains a slow process, as is just about everything else – not because of bureaucracy or shortages, but because of their way… Read More »Heybeliada – life on an island without cars

We had been wanting to live in Turkey ever since we sold our business, the Philadelphia Music Conference, in February of 1997, but moving there… Read More »The real way to get an extended-stay visa