Click to see and read about each stage of the trip.
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The Grand Bazaar
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…
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Istanbul: Seeing My Homework In Person
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…
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Oh, No! Our Flight is Cancelled!
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…
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Cats!
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…
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Goodbye Ankara, but hello Istanbul, or Constantinople?
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…
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Living in Ankara
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…
