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One Dot leads to the Next…

I said I would tell you more about my trip to Germany, as well as how I know Harika, the friend whom I visited in my brief time there. So here I am to do just that. The first week after I arrived to İzmir in August of 2018, I spent a lot of time walking the streets around my apartment and in my neighborhood to begin to get a feel for this new country…

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Passport Stamp Required

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…

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The Two Strands of Dalyan

Having wrapped up my five week summer vacation in Dalyan, I confess I’m already thinking ahead to next summer, and I want to do something similar. While most İzmirians “summer” in Çeşme, that is not my scene. It is basically the big city moved to the beach. While I appreciate living and working in İzmir, I prefer a slower paced way-of-life for my summer break.  I may, however, be adopting the Turkish lifestyle of summering…

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