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• Turkish Medical Care

  

  It had been over a week since Billy’s motorbike accident, and he was still in pain. He’d originally thought there was no point in getting an x-ray, because ther... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Noshing in Nuremberg

  

  I had planned to spend two days in Nuremberg on my way back from Munich to Frankfurt, but I ended up being delayed by a day. The upside of this was that my... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Excursion to Salzburg

  

  I've been to Munich several times, but somehow it escaped my attention that Salzburg is little more than a stone's throw away. I was thinking of taking the trai... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Saklikent: Alps on the Turkish Mediterranean

  

  Antalya is famous (at least in Europe; most Americans have never heard of it) as a beach resort. But it's also surrounded by the Taurus mountains and the ski... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Munich: Cultural Capital

  

  After spending most of my visit to Germany shouting "Helau" to strangers at Trier's Carnival or chatting with friends in Frankfurt, it was time to start... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• An Evening in Munich

  

  Despite my train disaster I arrived in Munich in time for a late dinner with Katie, who is in town from Berlin (where's she's living for three months) for an... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Die Deutsche Bahn: From Trier to Munich

  

  Trier's Hauptmarkt square, with St. Gandolf's Church One thing I expected from the orderly Germans was that their trains would run on time. So even though I... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Walk Through Historic Trier

  

  There's more to Trier than the annual festivities of Karneval week: The town is rich in history and has a charming pedestrian zone for shopping and snacking. Th... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Karneval in Trier

  

  After a relaxing visit in Frankfort we headed to Gabi's home town, and the oldest city in Germany, Trier. The train ride from Frankfurt to Koblenz (where we... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• First Stop: Frankfurt

  

  When my friend Gabi told me she had to go spend some time in her home town of Trier in Germany I thought, "I haven't been to Germany in a while, and I've never... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Phaselis

  

  Back in Sept, when my friend Catherine was visiting, we took a trip to Phaselis. When we came back we ate a seafood dinner which included a mussel that made me... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• This Week in Music: Antalya Edition

  

  One of the things I love about living in Turkey is how integrated music is into Turkish life. You see statues of musicians everywhere you turn. Some are... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Termessos: Hiking Through the Ruins

  

  The ancient city of Termessos is situated in the Taurus mountains 30 Kilometers from the center of Antalya, at an altitude of 1,500 meters. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Antalya in Winter: Paradise Lost and Found

  

  Antalya's Winter on a sunny day When you ask people why they moved to Antalya, the sunny weather is usually on top of their list of reasons. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• What's Taking Me So Long to Publish This Blog Post?

  

  I seem to have a problem with procrastination. Even before spending the week reading about blogging I knew the first rule of blogging was to blog; if you don't... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• 5 Reasons Nobody Will Read This Blog Post

  I've been doing a little research lately on the whole search engine optimization thing, and I now understand what I've been doing wrong, and why nobody will rea... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Antalya's Opera

  On Tuesday I went to the extravagant home of Fritz, the pianist. He has a two-story apartment in Lara, steps from a park overlooking the water. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Day at the Museum: Antalya's Archaeology

  

  As any guidebook on Antalya will tell you, the Archaeological Museum is one of the highlights of the city. Located opposite Ataturk Park, it's a short bus... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Antalya in Winter

  

  Antalya is primarily a beach resort with a summer season of May through October. Why, then, would anyone visit in December, when the weather can be rainy and th... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Antalya Has a Basketball Team!

  

  Antalya's Karalioglu Park, right outside Carol and Bill's house. It was a busy weekend. Saturday night was the final concert in Antalya's International Piano... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL