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Türkiye 2021
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- 26 nov 2021
- ☁️ 57 °F
- Hoogte: 46 ft
- Turkije İzmir Birinci Kültür Lozan Meydanı 38.432274, 27.1401338°25’56” N 27°8’24” E
Dag 83
Happy 40th & Belated 33rd
26 november 2021, Turkije ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
When Mui and I got married in 1981, our wedding fell on Thanksgiving Day. This year, it fell on the day after. Forty years … that’s how long we’ve been married.

To celebrate, we all — meaning, mom, Deniz, Aylin & Murat, and us — went to a new Italian restaurant in Alsancak … Da Enzo. We turned the occasion into a joint celebration … a belated one for Aylin and Murat, whose 33rd anniversary was in September.

The food was excellent … as was the service. Mui enjoyed the chance to speak Italian with Chef Enzo, who came out to take our order himself. He’s rightly proud of his food. Alas, I completely spaced out taking photos of the delicious dishes we ordered … except for the dessert sampler with which we wrapped up our meal.Meer informatie
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Reiziger oh my. would love to remember some of the Italian I learned by conversing with Mui.
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Türkiye 2021
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- 25 nov 2021
- ☀️ 54 °F
- Hoogte: 46 ft
- Turkije İzmir Birinci Kültür Lozan Meydanı 38.432136, 27.14133738°25’56” N 27°8’29” E
Dag 82
Happy Thanksgiving
25 november 2021, Turkije ⋅ ☀️ 54 °F
Had we been at home in Colorado, our Thanksgiving celebration would have been a quiet one. But we weren’t … and it wasn’t.

In fact, we had a very festive evening. In addition to my immediate family — mom, Deniz (my brother), Aylin & Murat (my sis & brother-in-law), and Hakan & Serenay (my nephew and niece-in-law) — we invited Cici, my cousin’s widowed wife, and Nevra, mom’s neighbor.

Thanksgiving is not a holiday that is celebrated in Turkey. But that did not stop us from doing so with all the trimmings. Mui was responsible for the turkey and the green bean casserole … both of which he cooked at mom’s. Mom was responsible for the mashed potatoes and stuffing. The gravy and cranberry were store bought from the commissary … as was the pecan and key lime pies.

A festive and joyous occasion … with good food, good camaraderie. With the ongoing pandemic, we all certainly have a lot to be thankful for … most importantly our health and being able to share this special day with loved ones.Meer informatie
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Reiziger family Thanksgiving is the best.
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Türkiye 2021
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- 16 sep 2021
- ☀️ 81 °F
- Hoogte: 30 ft
- Turkije İzmir Birinci Kültür Lozan Meydanı 38.432087, 27.13925638°25’56” N 27°8’21” E
Dag 12
Murano’s Kitchen
16 september 2021, Turkije ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Today is Aylin and Murat’s 33rd wedding anniversary. Hard to believe so much time has passed since my younger sister got married, but there you have it. Time flies whether we want it to or not. They’ve gone off to Karaburun for the weekend, so we’ll celebrate together belatedly in October.

In the meantime, the four of us — mom, Deniz, Mui, and I — will be heading to Bodrum tomorrow. Our bags are packed and ready to go.

Not wanting to have left overs sitting in the fridge, mom shut down the kitchen yesterday. So, we went out to dinner. The plan was to go to Venedik Pizzeria for some Italian food. Alas, the place was booked solid with a long line of patrons waiting to be seated.

Plan B took us to Murano’s Kitchen, another Italian restaurant just up the street. Tasty food … no complaints.Meer informatie
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Reiziger looks 😋
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Türkiye 2021
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- 24 dec 2021
- ☀️ 41 °F
- Hoogte: 36 ft
- Turkije İzmir Birinci Kültür Lozan Meydanı 38.432733, 27.13943938°25’58” N 27°8’22” E
Dag 111
Happy Birthday x2
24 december 2021, Turkije ⋅ ☀️ 41 °F
In 1966, mom, who was born on Christmas Eve, gave herself a birthday gift … my sister, Aylin, also born on the 24th. We’ve always celebrated their birthdays together … making it a grand occasion by having our big Christmas meal on the 24th, with birthday cake for dessert.

This year, however, we’re having a family-only affair tonight to celebrate their special day. Since we will be having a Christmas party tomorrow night, with the traditional fixings, tonight’s menu was more in the vein of antipasti … heavy hors d'oeuvres and adult beverages … followed by birthday cake and “strawberry Santa treats.”

So much fun!Meer informatie
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Türkiye 2021
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- 25 dec 2021
- ⛅ 50 °F
- Hoogte: 10 ft
- Turkije İzmir Birinci Kültür Lozan Meydanı 38.432121, 27.14176438°25’56” N 27°8’30” E
Dag 112
Merry Christmas
25 december 2021, Turkije ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
After we moved to the US in 1981, we seldom (if ever) had an opportunity to celebrate Christmas with the family. At first, it was because as worker-bees, we opted to spend our limited vacation time in Turkey during months when traveling wasn’t impacted by adverse weather. After we retired, fall seemed to be our go to time-frame for Turkey … mostly so that we could fly one way and return to the US by ship. Mom did happen to be in the US visiting us a few times around Christmas time, but that was it.

Since, 2018, however, this is our third time spending time in Turkey over the late fall/winter months … with the goal of being together for Christmas celebrations. And this time, my brother is with us as well.

After a private birthday celebration for mom and Aylin on Christmas Eve, we invited guests to join us for Christmas … mom’s neighbor, Nevra; Aylin’s mother- and sister-in-law, Melek Hanım and Özen, and our cousin-in-law, Serpil.

A festive night was enjoyed by all … a feast of tasty foods and beverages, both traditional and not … and a gift exchange that turned hilarious as people stole presents from each other.Meer informatie
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EuroCrossing & Türkiye 2022
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- 4 mei 2022
- ☀️ 63 °F
- Hoogte: 43 ft
- Turkije İzmir Birinci Kültür Lozan Meydanı 38.431714, 27.14166138°25’54” N 27°8’30” E
Dag 47
Apple Pie Bakers
4 mei 2022, Turkije ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
Mom and Mui decided to bake an apple pie today ... she prepared the filling; Mui handled the dough placement. Sherlock, Hakan and Serenay's cat, visiting mom while they are away for a couple of weeks, supervised from his perch above the counter.

End result ... a delicious dessert for tonight!Meer informatie
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EuroCrossing & Türkiye 2022
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- 9 mei 2022 06:00
- ⛅ 52 °F
- Hoogte: 30 ft
- Turkije İzmir Birinci Kültür Lozan Meydanı 38.432205, 27.14178738°25’56” N 27°8’30” E
Dag 52
Heading Home
9 mei 2022, Turkije ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
Today is the first of our two travel days to get home … have to overnight in Houston, Texas due to flight schedules.

Mui did a “bit of shopping,” so we’re going back with an extra bag. One of these years we’ll learn to pack light 😊.

More later …Meer informatie
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Türkiye 2023
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- 18 sep 2023 09:38
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Hoogte: 23 ft
- Turkije İzmir Birinci Kültür Lozan Meydanı 38.430172, 27.14122238°25’49” N 27°8’28” E
Dag 16
Breakfast at Léone
18 september 2023, Turkije ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
This morning, after a routine lab visit for Mom, I joined Aylin and her for a delicious bite (or two, or three) at Léone, a favorite patisserie & boulangerie in Alsancak.
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Reiziger That is one fine-looking croissant!
20-09-2023ReagerenVertalen
Two to Travel They make excellent 🥐 at this patisserie.
21-09-2023ReagerenVertalen
Reiziger Looks like you're having a lovely time together!
26-09-2023ReagerenVertalen
Two to Travel Yes, we are. Unseasonably hot though it is.
26-09-2023ReagerenVertalen
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Türkiye 2021
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- 9 okt 2021 10:00
- ⛅ 75 °F
- Hoogte: 30 ft
- Turkije İzmir Birinci Kültür Lozan Meydanı 38.432053, 27.14190738°25’55” N 27°8’31” E
Dag 35
Flapjacks in Alsancak
9 oktober 2021, Turkije ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Mui left on Monday to spend some time in Eskişehir with his sister, Işıl. Deniz, my brother, and I will join him there in 10 days or so.

In the meantime, my days have fallen into a routine … household chores at the condo in the morning, then to mom’s to spend the afternoon with the family, dinner with them, and then back to the condo for the night.

This morning, I deviated from that routine a bit by joining the family for breakfast. Mom made flapjacks … a new recipe she was testing. We gave her the thumbs up.Meer informatie
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Türkiye 2021
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- 23 sep 2021 20:00
- 🌙 61 °F
- Hoogte: 69 ft
- Turkije İzmir Birinci Kültür Lozan Meydanı 38.431224, 27.14179338°25’52” N 27°8’30” E
Dag 19
Back in Izmir
23 september 2021, Turkije ⋅ 🌙 61 °F
The drive from Didim to İzmir isn’t a long one, but we hit rush hour when we neared the city and it took us forever to get to the apartment. I actually hopped off at a traffic light near mom’s place to visit with them for a bit before joining Işıl and Mui for dinner at Obi for pide … Turkish pizza, if you will.

We’ll be home for a day and then we’re off on another short jaunt.Meer informatie
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