As an expat living and working abroad as an international educator many of the conversations I have with fellow foreigner colleagues revolve around one of two things: work or travel. The shop talk can be tiresome and therefore I try to avoid it or navigate to alternate topics. The second topic is a discussion of where one went on their last holiday, or where one will be traveling to for their next break. Everyone seems…
A month ago we had a week off for Fall Break and I used it to begin to explore this new land in which I live. I traveled south to Antalya in hopes of swimming in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as to visit sites of historic and natural beauty. I accomplished all of that, and more! For this trip I did something new-to-me in regards to transportation–I rode the Metro to the airport. This…
Shortly after I arrived into Turkey we had a week-long holiday called Bayram, or Eid, depending on where you are in the world. It is a festival of sacrifice for followers of the Islamic faith. For those of us that are not Muslim, it was an opportunity to have one last holiday before we dug into the work of educating students. As I had spent my summer in Mongolia procuring my Visa for Turkey and…