Nice to meet you — or maybe, welcome back. If you’ve been here before, thank you for sticking around through the silence. If you’re new, here’s a little backstory: I used to have another life, with a different identity —…
Tag: Expatriate
In Turkey, November 24th is Teacher’s Day. Inside and outside of one of my cards. (We are still practicing articles. There are none in Turkish. My kids think they are tricky—clearly.) Teacher’s day is a serious business in Turkey. …
Last night my friends hosted an early Thanksgiving. They normally go to Austria for Thanksgiving holiday and celebrate it the week before. My friend’s husband was diagnosed with a gluten allergy last year and is still being tested for Celiac…
I was on a posting roll, and now silence it back. I am working on building new routines. I have been away from the apartment for about seven months in total since January. Coming back spurred re-organization and new projects. …
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,…
Today is my second wedding anniversary. And the first one Bülent and I have celebrated together! While last year it felt like a surprise that I had been married for a whole year, this year it doesn’t. Not in a…
Now that I have been in the U.S. for six months and will be going back to Turkey soon I have been thinking about my experiences when I first went there. I knew after a fair amount of time here…
I’m almost there! After two years of chipping away, my Masters program will be ending in a couple of weeks! I have loved being challenge and learning new skills and methodologies in TESL, but I am ready to have more…
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.,…