I decided kind of late in the game to travel to Bulgaria before heading to Serbia for the Guča Trumpet Festival. I had heard about a Bulgarian Bagpipe Festival in Gela and I kind of have a thing for Bulgarian…
Whew! It has been a long time. I keep looking at the date of my last post and I can’t believe it was over 2 years ago. So what have I been doing and why I haven’t I posted anything?…
A few days ago, I got the opportunity to see a Semâ at the Galata Mevlevihanesi Müzesi in Istanbul. The museum was closed when I was here 5 years ago so I was excited to finally get to see it.…
I was just coming back from a walk with Sandy, the dog, by my side. As I approached the Berber Cultural Center where I was staying just outside Imintanout in Morocco, I could see one of the girls who…
Before I left San Francisco, I had a pretty good life. I had a full time job with decent pay, I had many good friends whom I love (still do). I had the advantage of living in a place where…