A couple of weeks ago, our good friends were visiting from the US and we decided to take a day trip to Amos. Amos is a small village a few miles from here on the coast. In this area of…
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This holiday is also known as the Feast of Sacrifice. This is a very important Islamic holiday which celebrates willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his first-born son Ishmael. The sacrifice was not completed as God intervened and had Abraham sacrifice a ram…
After our vacation, Bülent and I decided to buy a car in Texas, where the cars have less rust damage from salt and snow. We would then drive out to New Hampshire in time for Bülent to start his teaching…
In the beginning of the summer we did a road trip. We started off in Texas with a visit with Bülent’s BFF Shawn. I was able to visit with Shawn again and meet his wife Larinda. They were great hosts,…
Texas. Even the meat is bigger. BBQ…what were YOU thinking?Last week we had the good fortune to visit some good friends of ours. Bülent flew from Turkey to Dallas and I met him there.When Bülent first moved to the U.S.,…
Last Friday Bülent and I flew to Dallas from our respective cities. We have had a blast visiting with friends in Texas, and made a mini road trip from Dallas, to Austin to San Antonio and back. There will be…
One of the romantic weekends Bülent and I planned was to Bolu. We had an amazing time, but it wasn’t actually in Bolu. We had planned to stay in the Bolu city area and take day trips to Abant Gölü…
I have been in the U.S for the last three months, so when I flew back to Turkey for a few weeks, Bülent and I decided to plan some romantic weekends away. So far we have been having a great…
On the way to Fethiye! We decided to drive down through the mountains. It was an amazing trip though the Taurus Mountain range. They were steep and craggy, though thankfully there was no snow on the roads. It was Kurban…
Last month Bülent’s parents invited us up to Akçakoca for the weekend. One of their friends lent them their restored village home for the weekend. Akçakoca is only about a four hour drive from Ankara. It really is a nice…