Antalya’s Old Town, Kaleiçi, isn’t very big, and somehow it carries 2,000 years of history without feeling heavy. You can walk a few minutes and pass Roman arches, Ottoman mansions, forgotten wooden houses, and cliffs that drop straight into the Mediterranean. It’s one of those places where history doesn’t sit behind glass in some museum. It’s just there, casually blending into city life and waiting for you to walk its cobblestone roads. Here’s a simple guide to the historic

Packing for Istanbul in November is a bit like packing for three seasons at once. You’ll land expecting crisp fall weather, maybe even a sneak peek of winter… and instead you get a 68° afternoon where you’re sweating through your “cute layered outfit". Then the next day? Cold wind off the Bosphorus that makes you grateful you threw in that one heavier jacket (but that you still forgot back in the AirBnb). Welcome to Istanbul in November, where one side of the hill can be cool

Late-night çiğ köfte run at the legendary Ali Usta. If you wander far enough through the winding streets behind the Hagia Sophia, you eventually end up in Sirkeci, that in-between pocket of Istanbul where locals rush to work, tourists drift toward Eminönü, and street vendors battle over who has the best smell wafting across the tram line. (Corn or chestnuts, anyone?) And right there on a side street is Çiğköfteci Ali Usta , the man, the myth, the döner-speed wrap-rolling lege

Bustling Römerberg with Christmas Tree I had a nine-hour layover in Frankfurt and decided that sitting in the airport wasn’t an option. My mom is traveling with me for the first two weeks of this trip, so we grabbed our bags, rubbed our eyes, and tried to figure out the train system while our brains weren't properly working. Buying the first ticket took longer than it should have (the machines weren’t intuitive, it was too early for staff to be around, and half the buttons fe