Ode To A Peacock
“So how did you two meet?” We usually catch each other’s eye and giggle. Natalie, grinning, looks at…
June 27, 2016
Browsing Tag
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January 2016
It’s review week here on the blog; after my look back at this most recent year abroad, I…
February 1, 2016
August 2015
Let me give you some advice: AVOID AUGUST IN ISTANBUL. The city reaches peak heat and humidity and…
September 1, 2015
Two Years Abroad
I remember New Year’s Eve, 2012. I’d flown in from Aruba that morning—a body shock, with Aruba’s 31-degree-Celsius…
January 29, 2015
Go To Hasankeyf Before Hasankeyf Goes
In March, I dreamed I went to Hasankeyf. It was one of those vivid dreams that seem like…
October 3, 2014
Queen of the Euphrates in Halfeti
The day trip debacle to Harran left me in a pickle. Harran hadn’t been a part of my…
September 22, 2014
Sanliurfa: Urfa The Glorious
When I arrived in Urfa, I realized that this trip would be special. The city was my third…
August 20, 2014
On Writing
Polly from A Girl And Her Travels challenged me to answer these three questions about writing, and while…
August 14, 2014
The Trapped In Turkey Tour Ends
The Trapped in Turkey Tour is over. The tour was technically only three weeks long, but it felt…
July 24, 2014