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Category Archives: History

Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar and Spice Market

Posted on October 4, 2019 by jetsettersMay 19, 2020

The orld’s oldest shopping mall.     During the  Roman era Anatolia was the bread basket for the entire empire, and even today there are more Roman ruins in present day Turkey than anywhere else in the world. Even during … Continue reading →

Posted in FOOD DRINK, History, MIDDLE EAST, Turkey | Tagged Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, Spice Market, Turkey

Fun Times + History At London Attractions

Posted on May 11, 2019 by jetsettersMarch 20, 2020

      The history of England is difficult to ignore whenever you travel there. More than most countries even around Europe, England has done a marvelous job of keeping its past alive, such that the pulse of the nation … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, England, History, Museums, Theater | Tagged castles, England, London, theatre, UK, West end

Napa Valley Wine Train, California

Posted on February 3, 2018 by jetsettersMay 19, 2020

Wine and Food Excursion.     It’s a sunny Thursday morning when I arrive at the Napa Valley Train Station located in the charming city of Napa, California. Napa is an American Viticultural Area and one of the premiere wine … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, California, CULTURE, FOOD DRINK, History, Rail Tours, Restaurants | Tagged Calfornia, Food and Wine, Napa Valley Wine Train, tours

Czech Out The Prague City Card

Posted on December 29, 2017 by jetsettersMay 24, 2020

Save money with the Prague City Card.     According to legend, the origin of Prague dates back the 7th century when a Slavic princess named Libuše had a vision of a great city whose glory would touch the stars. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, CULTURE, Czech Republic, Festivals, History, Museums, Music, Theater | Tagged Culture, Czech Republic, Ptague City Card

Achilles’ Agony – The Trojan War – Turkey Adventures With Insight Vacations

Posted on October 19, 2017 by jetsettersJune 24, 2020

Is this Homer’s Troy?     or some scholars there is speculation about the veracity of the Trojan War, even after the excavation of the Troja site (Turkish for Troy) by the German adventurer, Heinrich Schliemann in the 19th century.  The … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, CULTURE, History, MIDDLE EAST, Road Trips, Tours, Turkey | Tagged Achilles, Insight Vacations, road trips, Trojan War, Troy, Turkey

Ephesus – Anchored in History – Adventures in Turkey With Insight Vacations

Posted on April 28, 2017 by jetsettersJune 24, 2020

The Richest Port In The Ancient Roman Empire.     Hadrian’s Temple.   Ephesus is as famous today as it was in the Greco-Roman world; the southwestern Asia Minor temples are engraved on the reverse of Turkey’s older 20 lira … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, Art, CULTURE, History, MIDDLE EAST, Museums, Turkey | Tagged @insightVacations.com, ephesus, history, Insight Vacations, Turkey

I Came, I Saw, I Ate – Londra Palace Venice

Posted on May 18, 2016 by jetsettersApril 24, 2020

Venezia – Venice, capital of the Veneto region.     Venice is known as ‘The City of Bridges” with over 100 of them crossing the famous canals.  The main transport is by boat or by foot because cars are banned … Continue reading →

Posted in CULTURE, FOOD DRINK, History, HOTELS, Italy, Relais Chateaux, Restaurants | Tagged gondolas, Italy, Londra Palace, Relaise Chateaux, Venice, Wine

Edge of the City – The Acropolis in Athens, With Insight Vacations

Posted on April 28, 2015 by jetsettersJune 24, 2020

    Acropolis Means Edge Of The City In Greek.     The Acropolis rises 100 meters above Athens.   The terminology of Acropolis consists of the Greek words Akron (edge, or summit) and polis (city). Consequently the Acropolis means … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, CULTURE, Greece, History | Tagged {artjempm, @insightVacations.com, @omsogjtvacatopm, Acrp[p;os, Athens, Atjemoas, Greece, Omsogjt Vacatopms

Spain – From the Meseta to the Med

Posted on February 25, 2013 by jetsettersMay 24, 2020

Espana Road Trip  Through History.     Along the expressways of modern Spain you can drive from Leon to Valencia in about three hours.   Five hundred years ago when Spain became a nation (i.e., when the name “España” was first … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, Art, CULTURE, History, Museums, Spain | Tagged castles, history, Museums, Spain

A Bad Day in Pompeii – August 24th, 79 AD

Posted on July 27, 2012 by jetsettersMay 23, 2020

Mount Vesuvius from Pompeii’s Forum.     It was a bad day for Pompeii on August 24, 79 AD with great balls of fire. The 160 acre walled city had a population of about 20,000 in 79 AD.  It is … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, CULTURE, History, Italy, Museums | Tagged Achaeology, history, Italy, Pompeii, Vesuvius

Peloponnese, As You Please – Greece Adventure With Insight Vacations

Posted on February 18, 2012 by jetsettersJune 24, 2020

    Epidauros, Home of Hippocrates.     The Corinth Canal.   The Peloponnese peninsula is literally chopped off from mainland Greece by the isthmus bisection of the Corinth Canal that connects the Ionian and Myleon Seaslike a pencil transit … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, Greece, History, Road Trips, Tours | Tagged Epidarus, Greece, Insight Vacations, road trips

Agamemnon’s Acropolis at Mycenae – Greece Adventures With Insight Vacations

Posted on January 19, 2012 by jetsettersJune 24, 2020

The Greek King who launched a 1000 ships.     Agamemnon’s Palace and courtyard.   In the Iliad, Homer wrote about many historical Greek characters that actually lived — in Mycenae, Sparta, and other villages of the Peloponnese, and none … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, Greece, History, Road Trips, Tours | Tagged Greece, Insight Vacations, Mycenae, roadtrips, Trojan War

Olympia – Sport and Sacrifice – Stadion Spectacle: – Adventures in Greece With Insight Vacations

Posted on January 18, 2012 by jetsettersJune 24, 2020

The First Olympics Were in 779 B.C.     Oak and wild olive were sacred in the ancient Altis sanctuary of Olympia.   The ancient Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece were a spectacle of sports, sacrifice, statuary, and suffering in a station … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, CULTURE, Greece, History, Road Trips, Tours | Tagged Greece, Greeks, Insight Vacations, Olypia, road trips

Deadwood Bets On A “Deadman’s Hand”

Posted on February 25, 2008 by jetsettersMay 24, 2020

Wild Bill Hickok Plays His Last Hand.     I grew up in these Black Hills — and the history of the Old West hell raising mining camp of Deadwood is embedded into these hills as deep as the ore … Continue reading →

Posted in Casinos, History, HOTELS, South Dakota | Tagged Black Hills, Deadwood, Gambling, Gold, South Dakota

Not Just Another Burg – Hamburg

Posted on September 2, 2006 by jetsettersMay 19, 2020

The Hamburger Was Invented in Hamburg.     Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, the largest port in Northern Europe.     In the decade of the 1990s, after the Berlin Wall had come tumbling down and Germany was reunited, travelers began … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, Art, CULTURE, Germany, History | Tagged Art, Cuisine, Culture, Germany, Hamburg, hotels

Italy – Medicis, Museums, Mugello

Posted on August 19, 2006 by jetsettersApril 24, 2020

    Villa Cafaggiolo, a Medici residence in the Mugello countryside.     Portrait by Jacopo Pontormo.   This autumn Florence and vicinity is honoring the ancient ties between the Mugello, that splendid pastoral landscape north of the city, and … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, CULTURE, History, HOTELS, Italy, Museums, Villa | Tagged Italy, Medicis, Mugello, popes, Villas

The Holocaust Remembrance in Berlin

Posted on May 2, 2004 by jetsettersMay 23, 2020

  Tracing Jewish History in Berlin.     Berlin unveils memorial to murdered Jews As an American Jew, the murder of six million Jews by Hitler during World War II in Germany kept me far away from this European capital. But curiosity to … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, CULTURE, Germany, History, Museums | Tagged Berlin, Germany, Holocaust Museum, WW2

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