![Instagramming Istanbul](https://www.lostinthe.world/wp-content/uploads/bfi_thumb/51-30mym07k6dnz3f1nwpdzwg.jpg)
I’ve always been fascinated with Istanbul, having read extensively about Constantinople, the Ottoman empire and the Byzantine era. My first trip to Istanbul was in April 2013, when spring was in the air and 3 million tulips were in full bloom in time for the Istanbul Tulip Festival. I…
![Flying through the Sky : My Skydiving Experience](https://www.lostinthe.world/wp-content/uploads/bfi_thumb/jump-30mos4dmsquy0o32e80000.jpg)
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to fly? To soar above the clouds and get a bird’s eye view of the world below, as you feel the wind on your face…My husband, an avid skydiver had described the feeling so many times, that I knew I…
![Apathy and Empathy: Stranded in Istanbul](https://www.lostinthe.world/wp-content/uploads/bfi_thumb/A8EE927E-EEA8-4106-891B-5850B7281D34-34cgmo0dcs3koxmeqkmuio.jpg)
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![Roaring Camp and Henry Cowell Redwood Park](https://www.lostinthe.world/wp-content/uploads/bfi_thumb/IMG_3223-34cgmf7qgase5jddrxoy68.jpg)
In California, we are lucky to have some of the oldest living old-growth coastal redwoods, the tallest living things on the planet. There is something extraordinary about these trees and I am not just referring to their size.Redwoods are the superheroes of the plant world. They can battle…
![The Great Pyramids of Giza](https://www.lostinthe.world/wp-content/uploads/bfi_thumb/54-30nowfw8usxsm884hhgwzk.jpg)
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![N’awlins….There ain’t nothin like the Big Easy](https://www.lostinthe.world/wp-content/uploads/bfi_thumb/1-1-30nwvu8f90gq4v9ltu2mf4.jpg)
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![How do Berliners Make Out in Winter?](https://www.lostinthe.world/wp-content/uploads/bfi_thumb/DSC00377-34chnzga930z3mjt0hdiio.jpg)
I imported this post from the archives of my personal blog. This was my first adult experience with snow, and I was reminded of it on my first ever ski trip to Tahoe in 2016, a good ten years later!Berlin, February 2006I am in Berlin on some Strasse…
![An Autumn day in Frankfurt](https://www.lostinthe.world/wp-content/uploads/bfi_thumb/Romerberg-30rkuodt3aaiy9mluoujuo.jpeg)
I started blogging in November 2005 after a business trip to Frankfurt bursting with stories of everything I had seen and experienced. While I had been to Europe before, it was my first time in Germany. That trip turned into the first of many things, which got me started on…
![The Thanjavur Big Temple](https://www.lostinthe.world/wp-content/uploads/bfi_thumb/1-30nwe9prc5as0nowv5dv5s.jpg)
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