The Travels of Päivi and Santeri

We have visited sulphurous thermal water (STW) bath pools in Tbilisi, Georgia and Andorra . We noticed positive effects on arthritis and eczema ( atopic dermatitis ) and were looking for similar baths in Turkey. However, not all thermal water hot springs are the same. Pamukkale waters are not sulphurous, although warm (39°C/102°F) outdoor pools felt nice when the temperature was close to freezing. Pamukkale thermal waters are muddy, radioactive and mineral rich but lack the special effects of sulphurous water.

Travelling around the Black Sea in Minsk, Belarus; Odessa, Ukraine; Chisinau, Moldova; Constanta, Romania, and Varna, Bulgaria.

Meetings with global and digital nomads, and Serbian travellers in Istanbul, Turkey. The following Global Nomad interview is filled with joy of life and inspiration from an 80-year-old female nomad who has been on the road for 30 years. It was filmed in Istanbul, Turkey on 7.8.2012. Rita Golden Gelman was born in 1937 in Bridgeport, CT and she is an American writer of children's literature. Her memoir, "Tales of a Female Nomad" was published in 2001. Rita's website is available at https://www.ritagoldengelman.com/ .