I am heading back to the States, a little sooner than anticipated, and am taking care of business. As you do when you live in Turkey, and return to the U.S. for extended periods of time…you take care of the…
Category: Travel
It has been a while since the last time I have posted. I have been dealing with some challenges and logistics. I have bought the tickets, began the paperwork at work and organized my kitchen. It is official, I will…
This year for Kurban Bayram we decided to take some time for ourselves. Usually during the Bayrams Bülent and I normally do things with his family, but this year we decided to do something by ourselves. We decided on driving…
I’ll be here! More coming soon….
In February both my Mother-in-law and aunt-in-law had birthdays. We weren’t quite sure what to get them. We decided instead to treat them to a day trip. Beypazarı is about an hour from Ankara towards Istanbul. The city known for…
Last Sunday I flew home to the US for a whirlwind visit. We had many plans to do many things. While was able to do most of those things, we had to plan and re-plan ad revise our plans. This…
A few weeks ago we took a trip to Niğde, where my husband’s mother is from. Niğde is know for its apple production, and his family owns a small apple orchard down there. We were going to watch the harvest.…
Before the wedding, when my parents were in Turkey we took the opportunity to see as many parts of Turkey as possible. We went to Cappadocia and saw the fairy chimneys. Then we started on our Black Sea tour. The…
A few weeks ago, before my life was consumed with correcting exams, processing grades and nailing down details for my upcoming wedding, we took a trip to Eskişehir. It is about an hour an a half on the fast train. …