We won’t have internet for the rest of the month. So posting may be spotty. That is fine since it gives me the opportunity to post wedding porn! So the lowdown on the wedding…It was fantastic! We had a fairly…
Tag: Expatriate
I looked at the Calendar and all of a sudden we are way into January. Crazy! Where did the year go? January means two things, the first is that my awesome cousin Elizabeth and her husband, Jake, are coming to…
Seriously self-loathing. Right. Now. So I have no money. I have money but I don’t *have* money. I have a bank account, I have a salary, hell… I got a bonus for Turkish Teachers’ Day. But I still don’t have…
Butterfinger, our Norwich Terrier, used to sit on the window sill to watch the dogs and passersby. She loved it. Sometimes she barked, but mostly she just made us feel guilty enough to take her for another walk. From…
My Work Permit finally came. It was supposed to be processed sometime in early September. It was supposed to be ready *next week* for about five weeks. Well, I have it now. We moved into our apartment provided by the…
Hello All. I am writing you from an İnternet cafe in İçmeler. Why would I do that you ask? Well, some ASS stole MY LAPTOP. Bülent´s too. İt was kind of strange. We walked into the house, saw the french…
I love sarma, sometimes called dolma. Grape leaves stuffed with rice and beef, served with yogurt on top. Intellectually I knew that it was a time consuming food to make. But, doing it yourself, afterwards, every mouthful tasted like gold.…
Ohh My Goodness. My first morning here we went out for brunch at place where they serve "Villager's Breakfast." To get there we drove up into the mountains and through the village. We arrived at the Restaurant. It was beautiful.An…
Saturday we were on the roadFrom Ankara and Marmaris it took 10 hours. While driving through the middle of the country there is not alot other than natural beauty. This is my way of saying there was no radio station…
Last night we went to Bülent's cousins wedding. It was fun, and also interesting to see how Turkish weddings differ from weddings in the US. Some of the traditions were different, but over all, it appeared very similar to a…