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December 2, 2017

Cappadocia

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September 17, 2017September 19, 2017

Home is Where You Hear

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August 23, 2017

I’m basically illiterate

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August 4, 2017

And God said, “Let there be furniture.”

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Culture Shock Home Life

Always Prepared

By Laura on June 20, 2018June 20, 2018

At the end of my street there is a corner that is unoccupied by any street vendors. We call it the “pee wall”. Gross? Yes. It is the local urinal. I realise that foul odours are not unique to this city – they are a big part of any city. But I feel like I

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Eid in Ouzoud

By Laura on June 17, 2018June 18, 2018

I’m thankful for friends who plan trips and then invite me along. With the school year winding down I gave little thought to what I might do over our last long weekend before school lets out for the summer. This particular long weekend was to mark the end of the month of fasting, Ramadan. On

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Deux billets, s’il vous plaît

By Laura on December 9, 2017December 10, 2017

I think I always know when I feel settled in a place when I start venturing out of my familiar neighborhoods.  One of the perks of working at an American institution in a North African country is that you get to celebrate all  the holidays. We had two days off for American Thanksgiving…. and then the

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Cappadocia

By journeywithjaneen on December 2, 2017

It’s Autumn break for me.  Strangely enough, this break falls exactly 2 weeks prior to Winter Break.  I decided to head to Cappadocia. One of the things that excites me about Turkey is the variety of domestic travel opportunities.  I had read and watched videos about Cappadocia in the past.  It is a region in

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Culture Shock Life Transportation

Running Errands: Mission Impossible

By Laura on November 12, 2017

It’s that time of month again; the time of month when all the bills are due. This means that all the relevant offices need to be located ….because for now my bills must be paid in person and in cash (a story for another day). This Saturday I determined to be Internet Bill Day and

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Life Transportation

Taxi Drivers Are NOT My Favorite People!

By journeywithjaneen on October 29, 2017December 10, 2017

  So this happened 2 weeks ago. I was taking a taxi to meet a friend for a late breakfast. The driver was going much too fast. I’m wondering what his problem could possibly be to explain why he was driving so fast. Although I find the people of Istanbul to be fairly friendly, I

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Life Transportation

Your Heart Before the Storm

By ash on October 14, 2017October 14, 2017

Our lives are punctuated by storms. The sudden and the difficult. The merely inconvenient and the Maria’s. And while I do think we learn a great deal about ourselves while the storm rages, there’s actually something to be said for how we behave when the tempest approaches.

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International Moves Travel

Stamps

By Laura on October 1, 2017

I’d been in Casablanca for about a week when I was informed that my shipment had arrived at the airport and I was to go and retrieve it. My school kindly supplied a driver and a car for me for the day and off I went. My companion for the day, lets call him Mr.

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Home Travel

On Texting While Motorbiking

By ash on September 21, 2017

Cause you crazy. Cause you don’t love your momma. Cause you don’t love nobody.

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Culture Shock International Moves

Interruptions To My Honeymoon

By journeywithjaneen on September 20, 2017September 22, 2017

There are stages of adjustment that one encounters when moving abroad.  The first stage following the move is called the honeymoon phase.  It’s when everything is new and lovely.  And don’t get me wrong; I’ve been honeymooning with Istanbul.  Here are some of the sights that have made me swoon: The city really does have

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The Home of Now

By ash on September 19, 2017September 19, 2017

We don’t have to love the nature of all things, but we must know that all things have a nature. Selah.  

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Home is Where You Hear

By ash on September 17, 2017September 19, 2017

And Ya’ll. That really got me to thinking about how we make all of these excuses not to listen to other people, even the people we say we love. I started considering all the misunderstandings we have with those around us who speak the same language. And I started wondering, are we truly listening? Are we trying to hear?

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