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Time to Confess!
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Hey Everyone! I hope you are enjoying this narrative on our little adventure. You are probably thinking that it has been unusually stress free for such a major undertaking. And thanks to Sarah, you would be correct. But now that it is resolved I have decided to create a post…
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Time Travel: National Archaeological Museum, Pompeii, and Mt. Vesuvius
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For many of us (as long as you were born before about 2005) the best day of the school week was when the Weekly Reader was given out. From 1928 to 2012 Weekly Reader was a way for elementary kids to learn about the world and recent events. For me,…
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We’ve Moved to Naples, Italy!
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We have left Turkey for Italy. We have moved into a quintessential European apartment in Naples just off from Piazza Garibaldi. Arriving after dark it was a bit unnerving, but the next morning we realized it was truly a great spot. The entrance, inner courtyard, and balcony are just what…
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Hotel Sultanham, Istanbul
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This is just a short post to show why we loved this hotel. In addition to the staff being very kind and attentive to our needs, it was in a perfect location within a quick walk to all the historic sites we wanted to visit (this is critical as Istanbul…
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The Grand Bazaar
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No blog about a trip to Istanbul would be complete without an entry on the Grand Bazaar! Our hotel was about five minutes away and this allowed us to visit several times during our stay. We actually did very little shopping but found it a nice place to walk, a…
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Istanbul: Seeing My Homework In Person
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Living in Ankara, Turkey was a wonderful experience and being there long enough to regularly go to work, make friends at the local market, have quiet family movie-nights and home-cooked meals was the goal of this grand adventure. However, being on a brief “vacation” to Istanbul has been a dream…
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Oh, No! Our Flight is Cancelled!
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Please feel bad for us. We are being forced to stay in this glorious city for one more day! We were supposed to leave tomorrow at 4:00 AM for Naples, but instead we leave about 4:00 PM. AND our hotel has allowed us to stay past check-out for no fee…
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Cats!
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Hello from Istanbul. As I write the post today I am sitting near a cat that looks just like my cat Mazurka who passed away a few years ago. This is a comforting experience as Sarah, Tommy, and I expected that missing our cats might be the biggest challenge of…
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Goodbye Ankara, but hello Istanbul, or Constantinople?
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After an amazing farewell Turkish dinner with Elia, this morning we got up, packed our luggage, cleaned our apartment and took a cab to the huge Ankara train station. After going through security, we had a nice cup of coffee and a muffin, and made our way to the express…
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Living in Ankara
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As we planned this grand adventure there were several things going through my mind. The overarching rationale was to train teachers and guest conduct music festivals in schools and regions that often lack the type of musical and educational opportunities more easily accessible in the United States. However, we also…