Author Archives: Schutz

After the morn?ng blog entry, I dec?ded to rev?s?t the churches I found last n?ght to see ?f there was any movement at the stat?on. So at 8am I headed off aga?n on the streets of Izm?r. F?rst stop–the one … Continue reading →

Yesterday was our second day ?n Izm?r. Th?s morn?ng we leave for Bursa. Saturday was more relaxed than the prev?ous days–less s?ghtsee?ng. We are all gett?ng a l?ttle t?red after seven days. Emre’s vo?ce ?s show?ng the stra?n and our … Continue reading →

What a remarkable day yesterday (Friday 27th) was. I am up very early this morning (5:30am) after a very late night last night (bed at 12:30am) in order to record all that happened. We are staying in the Anemos Hotel … Continue reading →

You remember that I hadn’t f?n?shed tell?ng last n?ght’s story yet. On our arr?val at Izm?r we were taken d?rectly to d?nner at the Sultan Restaurant, owned by one of our hosts for the Izm?r sect?on of our tr?p, Izzet?n. … Continue reading →

Day s?x and the pace ?s st?ll one of hect?c travel, s?ght-see?ng, eat?ng and ?ntercultural d?alogue. I need to f?n?sh a descr?pt?on of what happened last n?ght f?rst. After gett?ng about an hour’s sleep, we went out “on the town” … Continue reading →

Two hours sleep before waking at 2am to leave for ANZAC Cove and the Dawn Service. Emre has been working miracles. Not only had he finally confirmed (thanks to the Turkish government) that we had seats in the VIP enclosure, … Continue reading →

It is very late. We travelled from Istanbul to Canakkale on the European side past Gallipoli and across the ferry. We arrived at 6:30pm and have had dinner and gone to a sufi music and whirling dirvish concert (the latter … Continue reading →

I wasted an hour th?s morn?ng mess?ng around try?ng to get photos uploaded to the Blog. Gave ?t up–?t takes far too long, and there ?s too much to see and do here! Our f?rst stop th?s morn?ng was to … Continue reading →

I prayed for you all ?n the great Church (sorry-Museum) of Hag?a Soph?a th?s morn?ng. Really. If I know you, I prayed for you. What a bu?ld?ng. There ?s h?story and sanct?ty ?n every stone–worn smooth by centur?es of worsh?ppers … Continue reading →

It ?s currently 10:30pm Turk?sh t?me, wh?ch would mean ?t ?s about 5:30am ?n Melbourne. I have not slept more than 4 hours ?n the last 48 and I should be th?nk?ng of go?ng to bed. The fl?ght was long. … Continue reading →