Beykoz im the Nanny
(Istanbul)
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I moved to Istanbul Feb 2, 2010 as an AuPair contracted for one year in a Turkish home in Beykoz on the Asian side. My blog is nothing more then my insights, experiences, and perhaps an exaggerated adventure or two. My purpose in writing is equally to preserve my own memories as it is to update my loved ones on my doings. Perhaps you may glean some minor insight or amusement from my musings yourself.
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tags: AuPair, Culture, Discovery, Language, Sightseeing
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I AM NO LONGER IN TURKEY--I moved back to the USA after an adventure filled 8 months in Istanbul and on the Ege Coast. Gule Gule
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Homeward Bound
Posted on 22/09/2010
Well. My friends. This has been an indescribable 7 months and 19 days. Two weeks ago Monday I moved out of "my" home in Beykoz and moved to a friends apartment in Taksim where I...
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Extra-National Adventures: Croatia and Bulgaria
Posted on 21/09/2010
I get a small knot in the pit of my stomach every night as I vainly try to fall asleep. On the list of worrisome subjects keeping me from rest is the fact that I have been so inattentive to...
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Boat Trip--Mediterreanean Sea and the Ege Coast
Posted on 07/07/2010
Me and Selin, Day 1The Beautiful coast off BodrumThe cove where we anchored for the first 2 nightsSelin and Me: Straw hat Divas Seconds later I was nursing a sore nose from the bucket tied...
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Doctors doctors Doctors...
Posted on 07/07/2010
She had the perfect teeth that only a cosmetic orthodontist's daughter can ever have. I was in the classiest and most tastefully--kind of--dentists office I've ever seen in my...
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Rainy Days = Jack Johnson Kind of Days
Posted on 08/06/2010
Loved Ones, You probably haven't heard a peep....but in case the Istanbul weather has happened to make any American headlines: I am fine. Its been raining here for days but I was...
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Topkapi and Israelis
Posted on 08/06/2010
I went to Topkapi Palace with a fellow AuPair and American, Kristen at the end of April and was surprisingly unimpressed. For the size and beauty of the place, it was amazingly lacking in...
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Balik Kofte
Posted on 27/05/2010
About 1 week ago we were eating fish (of which I am not a fan). As I complained to the 11yr old she asked me: "but have you ever had Balik kofte?" Fish meatballs?!?!? Seeing my...
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My Country 'Tis of Thee
Posted on 26/05/2010
So....I was SUPPOSED to be starting a new job next week....but I renegotiated some terms with my current family and will be staying with them for the summer. I am very happy as I am very...
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EXTRA Extra, read all about it!
Posted on 11/05/2010
News update, streaming ticker style:1. FINALLY FOUND BEYKOZ (I thought that I was living in Beykoz, but I was wrong. The real Beykoz if gorgeous and quaint and by the sea) last week when I...
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Bayramınız Kutlu Olsun!
Posted on 07/05/2010
Last Saturday was the Turkish workers holiday known as Labour and Solidarity DayHere are some facts I got from a website called TimeAndDate.com:"Labor and Solidarity Day in Turkey is...
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How are you ? I just saw your profile and I wanted to say hello to you. You are an aupair in Beykoz. That sounds great. I was an aupair in the USA too. I worked with several great families in NY and Baltimore. I had a such a wonderful experince with the families and their kids. Now I live in İstanbul. I got back to my home country to Turkey 7 months ago.
I know you are a new in Istanbul. If you need any help for anything, pls free e-mail me. I can help you.
Enjoy yourself in Istanbul and good luck with your new job as an aupair.
Take care
Pelin