Thursday, July 9, 2009
Finally: Samos!
Let me answer two questions first, kabu, lusterlove and nautikos posed in their kind comments on my previous entry. It is indeed very hot, that's why we stay on or near the water. Secondly, Derrick was smoking nothing in his nagile! It was just make belief for fun! Don't worry, we haven't turned...
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Vogue reports back!
I have to take this by instalments, so much has happened and so much have we done and seen in just two days. On Tuesday, we went back to Kusadasi to spend the day, as the ferry for Samos was leaving on Wednesday at 8.30 am and we didn't feel like rushing things. Also, as I told you a few days ago,...
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Meet my travel companions..
In two hours we take the dolums (minibus) to Kusadasi where we will spend the day and night and tomorrow morning we go on the ferry to Samos. Please, meet my travel companions Maureen and Derick. The lady peeking in on the right is their witness and the story behind that is so romantic. Derick is...
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
A bit of info about Samos
As I mentioned in my previous post, we are heading for a short trip to the Greek island of Samos tomorrow. In case you are interested, here is some info about this not only beautiful but also historically interesting island off the coast of Asia. As nautikos already pointed out, Samos was the home...
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
First outing in Turkey
Can't leave my blogit friends without a few pictures from our first trip. 'The girls' went to the lovely port town of Kusadasi, as ususal in the local bus called dolmus. It's a convenient and cheap means of transport and the little buses run absolutely everywhere and stop at handsignals, even if you...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Praise for an editor
I need to name a name: it's Jennifer Ciotta and she is the editor of the travel magazine. I already have one published article there and I submitted another one on the Turkish mountain village of Doganbey as it reminded me of the Great Gatsby and the valler of ashes. And this is the story why this...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
A Turkish sense of humor
Ok, my friends, the entertainment continues. Yesterday I decided to buy a new pair of flip-flops to go to the pool as mine are a bit shabby. I made my way to a tiny shoe shop and to my surprise, the shop assistant was barefoot. I couldn't resist to ask him if this was because he didn't have faith in...
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Desorientation
It's sort of funny really to live through the first few days in a completely different environment and place. For some reason, it seems to take longer this time for me to get my head around where I am. This night, I had to get up to...you know what and I couldn't find my own bathroom. It's not that...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Hallo America!
As you can see, I have safely made it back to Turkey and even my computer is working which is a great relief. Right now, we have water and electricity (which was a big problem during my last stay). So far, so good. Now I have to tell you something which will make you laugh too. I learned a new job...
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Friday, June 26, 2009
An incentive to be good..
I've put this in the humor section, but it only belongs half there as it contains a serious message as well. Here goes: I just imagined Michael Jackson, Freddy Mercury and Elvis, in white gowns and wings (I'm not so sure about the halo, but never mind) playing great gigs together in heaven for God,...
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