So, I can't talk too much about this on FB, Twitter, etc. because I signed a non-disclosure agreement, but I figure if I leave out key words in the subject line and post to a wasteland like LJ, no one will notice (especially if I don't post pics ( Read more... )

I know barely anyone reads this these days, but I figured this news warrants a once-in-a-blue-moon post ( Read more... )

Ok, I realize no one has time to read this stuff anyway, so I'm gonna try to sum up the last 5 or so days of the trip in one long-ass post. Probably a little ambitious of me. Here's a little taste:


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Antalya is a beautiful beach resort town on the southern coast of Turkey, along the Mediterranean Sea. According to Levent, it caters mainly to Russian, German, and Arabic tourists. After driving down the entire length of central Turkey and seeing so many sites, chilling out here was a welcome respite! And we were lucky enough to get TWO nights ( Read more... )

Yo. Posting all about the Turkey trip is getting exhausting. So many of the ruins, kervansarays, and madrasas/mausoleums/museums are running together! It was a fairly exhausting 14 days of nonstop action, and my attention span was pretty weak at times. But there were so many amazing places and things to see.


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So, once we left Gordion, we continued on toward Ankara, the capital of Turkey. I guess now would be a good time to admit that if you want to see a lot of Turkey, you're gonna need to do a lot of driving. Often our days consisted of getting up at the hotel, having breakfast and loading the bus with our luggage, doing something touristy in the ( Read more... )

After Istanbul, all 42 of us, plus our tour guide, Levent, and our bus driver extraordinaire, Baki, loaded onto the bus (and then a ferry, and then the bus again) and headed to Bursa. I was surprised by the terrain of Bursa; it's very hilly and green and actually reminded me of being in the Pyrenees mountains in the south of France, in towns like ( Read more... )

So, from May 13th to May 27th of this past spring, I decided to fly off to Turkey for a couple of weeks to see what I could see. I met up with a tour group once I arrived, and the adventure began. I have no idea where to even start...I went to 10 different cities and took over 1000 pictures. I'll do my best to not just ramble ( Read more... )

Friends, here is my first post to the picturing food community. It's my new summer snack:


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