HeartFull Journey Blog

Magnificent Meteora The Hotel Meteora, a family-owned business since 1954 based in Kalambaka, Greece, put out a lavish breakfast spread this morning: sliced peaches, yogurt, bread,…

Magical Meteora Leaving Thessaloniki, I saw an abandoned rail car with graffiti: “no one is illegal” painted on the roof. Such an unexpected remlnder of…

Thessaloniki, Greece Had a good night’s sleep and am feeling refreshed. Breakfast was awesome with coffee, peach halves, a type of yogurt/cream, a mini spanakopita…

Sofia to Thessaloniki I am in Sofia, Bulgaria after traveling from Halkali all night. After a hard day yesterday with a near melt-down emotional state,…

“You can check in any time you like but you can never leave….” It’s a very warm day today and started out well enough: a…

Old City Tour Today is May 19, a national holiday in Istanbul and all modes of transportation – bus, subway and ferry – are free…

Travel to Istanbul Used my Eurail pass today for the first leg of the Istanbul journey, Wels to the Vienna International Airport. The trains are…

Last night involved nightmare keyboard challenges where strange characters were showing up instead of the familiar ones, and typing a “y” brought up a “z”…

Mostly a house day today. I am sorting out options for travel to Istanbul to visit Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque which has had a lengthy…

Very early start today; had time to do some stretch exercises and meditate before the rest of the household awoke. There are blackbirds here whose…