Passion Taking Flight
(Istanbul)
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Daily ramblings of a 20-something finding footing in adulthood and in Istanbul
tags: artwork, cats, comedy, literature, travel



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I moved to Istanbul on a whim after graduating from university and living life as a 20yr old trying to make settle not only into adulthood but also as an expat.
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My Handicap: Cooking Turkish
Posted on 15/05/2013
Turkish cooking is my Mount Everest. Its gonna be a long journey, but someday I'll get there.Pots are brewing, oven whirring away. I have a recipe right in front of me with that...
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Istanbul Bicycle Project
Posted on 07/05/2013
Sunday some pals and I were picnicking on the grass in Cadde Bostan with some pre-packed Migros sandwiches amongst the throngs of other Istanbulites enjoying the great weekend weather. The...
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Blog of the Month
Posted on 02/05/2013
It was a surprising little email on Tuesday that I had been chosen May's Blog of the Month from expat-blog.com! I have joined other bloggers-of-the-month from Honduras (April),...
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Cat-stantinople
Posted on 01/05/2013
I was inspired today by an article I saw about Gli, the cat who lives in Hagia Sofia. It was full of photos of the adorable, cross-eyed feline."A Devout Cat Lives at the Hagia Sofia in...
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Let me get this strait...
Posted on 28/04/2013
Is there such a thing as too much time spent along the Bosphorus?Spring quickly transformed into summer and we're now sitting pretty in the mid 20s (mid 70s). Jackets have been...
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The Dapper Cat Man
Posted on 26/04/2013
I see this old man in the park next to the mosque every so often. He always has a bag full of goodies for the kitties. He sits away from his gossiping peers, always finely dressed in a...
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To Hell and Back
Posted on 24/04/2013
Intrigued?Its hard to get a big group up and into a van after a night of binge eating and whiskey drinking. We managed and drove through Mersin, along the sea and straight to...
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Monkeying Around
Posted on 21/04/2013
I've seen some pretty random things on the streets, but Thursday kind of blew them all out of the water. And this is why:Its a monkey. I'm still trying to ascertain as to which...
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Mersin and Tarsus
Posted on 17/04/2013
It was a rather randomly planned trip, but we spent the past weekend in the Mediterranean Port city of Mersin. O goes down there a lot for work, but its always the...
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