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…
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On October 23rd at around 1:40 pm a 7.2, on the Richter scale, earthquake hit the region of Van in Eastern Turkey. The hardest hit city was that of Ercis. The Eastern region of Turkey is the poorest and least…
A commentary on girly stuff. Normally I do not write often about my issues with Turkey, or with feminine issues. However, living in Turkey, sometimes there are challenges. Especially with the girly stuff. What I mean by that, is that…
I moved to Turkey almost 3 years ago, leaving behind almost all my my personal possessions in San Diego CA. This was really difficult. After I graduated from college Bülent and I moved to San Diego, and slowly started accumulating…
Equals two anniversaries! Last week on 9/19 we had our second wedding anniversary, of our first year of marriage. One of the benefits of being a bicultural couple, is that you get two weddings and two anniversaries. Last year I…
Every year there is a 5k race at our town’s Old Home Day. When I went home in June my mom asked me if we could train for it and run it together. We thought it was going to be…
The other day the whole family took a trip to the nearby town of Datça. It is about an hour down the peninsula. The ride is spectacular, through the mountains with the Aegean on one side and the Mediterranean on…
We have been vacationing in Marmaris for about a week now (more on that later). Now, we are here at a delightful time, the TIME OF THE FIG! There is nothing better and sweeter than a nice juicy ripe fig. …
A few weekends ago I went camping in York, ME. As a kid we always used to go camping on the Maine Coast or up in Canada. Many of my best childhood memories are tied up with swimming in the…