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…
Despite COVID’s attempt to wreck havoc on 2020–both in everyday life and around travel which is what most of us international educators do with our summers–I am here to share about a surprisingly wonderful summer vacation adventure right here in Turkey. I survived the tedious travel necessary to return from the U.S. and self-quarantined for the recommended two weeks. But then my real summer vacation kicked off–a two week trip here in Turkey with my…
As COVID-19 sank its teeth into Turkey, the government made a decision to move Spring Break up by three weeks, and then to move teachers and students into the realm of online learning after that. I had planned to spend my spring break within Turkey because I want to explore this beautiful country, which I call home, just as much as any other–if not more! Amazingly I was able to move all of our plans–rental…