Sane Mind
The monumental Grand Mosque represents the culmination of the initial period in history of the Ottoman Empire. In my previous post, I wrote about the birth of the Empire that, more or less, ...
The best place to see the Ottoman heritage is Istanbul. It was the Ottoman capital for 470 years and evidently Ottoman rulers and other dignitaries of the empire left a mark on the city. ...
Sultanate of Women is a fascinating period of time in Ottoman history. It started in approximately 1533, when Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent married Hürrem Sultan. It ended with the death ...
Topkapi Palace, the imperial court and centre of Ottoman power for 375 years, is possibly the most famous of all Ottoman heritage in Istanbul. Approximately 30 sultans ruled the empire from ...
In my previous article, Back in Riccione, I mentioned that the main reason for my recent travel to Italy was to attend my friend's 50th birthday party. A month earlier, my friend's brother ...
There is a place in Belgrade that I wanted to visit for a long time. Remarkably, I've never been there. Not even when I lived in Belgrade, before I moved to London. If you ask me why, I ...
I've written many stellar articles about Belgrade. And rightly so. It's a dynamic and interesting city that's rapidly changing. It's also a refreshingly rare non-globalised European city, ...
I'm in Belgrade at the moment. In my previous post, I wrote about my travel plans and I mentioned that I was going to spend two weeks in the Serbian capital city. I've already written about ...
April was a strange month. That was one of the reasons why I posted only one article at the end of April. It was also a month in which I asked myself: Where next? But, let me explain what ...
