Back in October for our long Republic Day weekend I had the pleasure of traveling with my good friends, Valantis and Sinem, and their two sons, Kayra and Nicholas. We headed three hours east from İzmir to the province of Uşak with the primary target of seeing Ulubey Canyon. You may be surprised to learn that Ulubey is the second longest canyon in the world at 45 kilometers; the longest one is of course the…
For the recent spring break I traveled with friends to Denizli to visit Pamukkale and the two ancient cities located there. I picked them up in Ortaca (near Dalyan) and we drove to Pamukkale, stopping off to see and visit Lake Salda along the way. Technically speaking, Lake Salda is in the Burdur province (not Denizli). But I will include a photo of it here anyway–as I found it more naturally stunning, or perhaps more…
As many of my social media followers saw, I made a quick trip to Germany this month. I had a great 48 hours there with my friend Harika (more on her soon), but first I want to share that this was a necessary trip. I had less than 30 days to legally register my iPhone 12 which I got this summer (it came with one of my American visitors). For my American friends this is…