USA | Wednesday, 4 Jun 2014 | Views [224]
"To love someone is to see the face of God" ~Victor Hugo
Jungfrau, Interlaken, Switzerland 2013 I would like to celebrate eighty valentine's days with you after this one. In fact, even before this one. And this one will turn ... Read more >
TURKEY | Sunday, 25 May 2014 | Views [293]
I hope one day that I can tell my kids, “scary things happen to everyone” and hopefully emphasize how to recognize it when it happens and not feel powerless. I’ll enroll my kids in karate and debate and I’ll tell them everyday ... Read more >
TURKEY | Saturday, 17 May 2014 | Views [321]
“What are somethings you’d want the rest of the people to know about Turkey and about its people?”
“That we are not Arabia. We are normal.”
Gul tells me this as she takes me back to the Acibadem ... Read more >
TURKEY | Wednesday, 14 May 2014 | Views [260] | Scholarship Entry
(Abridged version) “Yah.. I’ve got a funny feeling about my bag…” I had texted my sister at 1:00 am as I lay awake in that crummy Cyprus hotel with bad pistachios. “What? Why?” After missing my first flight from London to Istanbul (yeah that’s right) ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
TURKEY | Sunday, 4 May 2014 | Views [278]
“Yah.. I’ve got a funny feeling about my bag…” I had textedmy sister at 1:00 am as I lay awake in that crummy Cyprus hotel with bad pistachios.
“What? Why?”
As I checked in for the ... Read more >
TURKEY | Wednesday, 30 Apr 2014 | Views [321]
As Ümit and I approach the apartment in Beylikdüzü,it is on the edge of western edge of the city with a hundred tall apartment buildings and tiny parks, basketball courts, and shops scatteredin-between. Despite the immensely tall ... Read more >
CYPRUS | Saturday, 12 Apr 2014 | Views [209]
Okay here I go, here it begins.
Breathe.
Today marks exactly one week since I have been in Turkey… and approximately eleven more to go. I am not dreading it and it has been less lonely. I can still text my ... Read more >
