We visited Manavgat on July 15th and Duden on July 16th. Manavgat trip was a two hours drive from the hotel and Pelin was disappointed that we drove so long just to see that meager waterfall. The bathrooms were miserable…


We visited Manavgat on July 15th and Duden on July 16th. Manavgat trip was a two hours drive from the hotel and Pelin was disappointed that we drove so long just to see that meager waterfall. The bathrooms were miserable…

The view from the top of a hotel in Vernazza The view from our hike from Vernazza to Corniglia This weekend we took a trip (with 8 other friends from my program) to Cinque Terre, a national park…

Emre and Pelin enjoyed feeding pigeons @ Ortakoy.

Emre and Pelin visited Uzum and enjoyed playing with her.

This picture is from the top of the Spanish steps in Rome. I have been here for a week and everything is beautiful. In my class, we spend three days on excursions to different places in the area, and two…


As part of our summer 2012 trip to Turkey we visited Paris for a few days. I planned for this short trip in Spring but kept it as a surprise until I joined the kids. I told Idil in Istanbul…

2012’deki Türkiye tatilimizin bir kısmında Paris’i ziyaret ettik. Bu kısa tatili ilkbaharda planladım ama sürpriz olsun diye çocuklarla buluşuncaya kadar kimseye söylemedim. İdil’e İstanbul’da söyledim ki özellikle görmek istediği bir şey varsa ona göre hazırlık yapabileyim. Emre ile Pelin’e ise…