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Moving House
This journal won't be updated here anymore. I've decided to up sticks and move over to wordpress. I think I like it better. And maybe that will make me update more (i.e, at all ( Read more... ) -
Summertime
The end of the school year took forever to arrive. We had a weekly countdown calendar in our office, and even though the numbers slowly got smaller, the end never seemed in sight. Until suddenly, there it was: the last week of school, the last day of school, the last hour of school... bitti.
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Kapadokya, round two
Sunday 12th June was election day in Turkey. Results aside, the positive outcome of this lay in the decision to close all schools on the Monday after. This gave not only us an unexpected long weekend, it was also one where the weather was finally forecast to be good. Dave and I decided new destinations could wait; we wanted to go back to ( Read more... ) -
Updates Shmupdates
In an attempt to get better at posting and updating here, I'm writing this in the hope that having it sit at the top of the page will make me feel I need to do something about it. I will be posting stories from the most recent holiday first, then going back to finish November's Kurban holiday, and finally catching up with the Ramazan trip to ( Read more... ) -
Winter Holiday 2011: PMD
The start of the day was chilly and sharp; the kind of cold that bites your fingers and numbs you toes. Luckily for us, it didn't stay that way, but let's not jump ahead. We had arranged for a private car, with driver, to take us to Lake Bafa, stopping en route at the three ancient cities of Priene, Miletus and Didyma. The sun was out by the time ( Read more... ) -
Winter Holiday 2011: Selçuk and Efes
Selçuk is a small town, but not one to be ignored. It lies 3km from the ruins of the ancient city Efes (Ephesus in English) and is also home to several other ruins, including the Artemission, or Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. We arrived by train and were met with views up a hill to a sprawling castle. Right ( Read more... ) -
Winter Holiday 2011: Izmir
We left Ankara on a snowy Sunday morning, flakes floating around in the air as the plane taxied to the runway. Nothing heavy enough to delay flights, just enough to put a snap in the air and quiet smiles on faces. Izmir was warmer, but only comparitively. The sun was out, the sky blue, and the air crisp. Our journey from the airport to the hotel ( Read more... ) -
The Pazar
When we first arrived in Ankara, pulled up to our new home weary and sleep-deprived, I didn't feel overly impressed with the location. All I could see through the darkness were high rise buildings and lights from the nearby main road. The next day, as I looked around when we were picked up to go to school for the first time, these impressions ( Read more... ) -
Festivities
Yet again, I've left it far too long between posts. For anyone out there still taking the time to check over here, I should be getting back to more regular posts now.
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24th November 2010
In Turkey, 24 Kasım is known as Ögretmenler Günü, or Teachers' Day. In some other places around the world, a few people know it as my birthday. This year the two collided, and the result was pretty special.
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