Week in review: 1 – 7 August 2016
There is a huge difference between first spending time in the giant city of Istanbul and then arriving at the tiny village I grew up in. It made me realize how much I have changed over the years. As a Read More …
Häufig Drama, immer spannend: mein Leben
There is a huge difference between first spending time in the giant city of Istanbul and then arriving at the tiny village I grew up in. It made me realize how much I have changed over the years. As a Read More …
I’ve been in Turkey now for almost four weeks. This is quite a long time, especially considering that I have seven weeks of summer vacation in total. It struck me this week that this trip is a little like living Read More …
This week I’ve thought for the first time how much Turkey can exhaust people. It is tiring when you always have to pay attention, when you have to be careful what you say to whom, when you don’t know what Read More …
How do I start? It’s been two months and I hadn’t planned to take a break from blogging at all. I suppose my favorite motto sums it up very well: “Life contains more adventures than dreams can ever hold.” My Read More …
Sometimes it is way too easy to spoof me: yesterday my friend said we’d take the car and go to a beautiful part of New England where there are mountains, woods, lakes. And it was absolutely stunning at Mount Monadnock. Read More …