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    • TravelerIzmir
      23
      Day 1

      1. Day Izmir II

      August 7, 2022 in Turkey ⋅ 🌙 29 °C

      Alsancak Quarter is the place to be ;)

    • Türkiye 2021
      Day 98

      Fun Food Day

      December 11, 2021 in Turkey ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F

      It seems like I have a lot of food-related posts when we are in Turkey. What can I say, the food culture is very strong here … lots of restaurants and cafés and patisseries. As a family, we enjoy visiting our favorites … and checking out new places to see if we can grow our “favorites” list.

      Today, we started our day with breakfast, joining Aylin & Murat, and mom and Deniz at Léone, a French-themed patisserie. This was a pre-reward for mom, Aylin & Murat, who then went to get their COVID-19 booster shots.

      Sandy, our neighbor in Colorado makes beautifully decorated cookies. When Aylin and mom were visiting us in 2019, they got to taste some of the Christmas cookies Sandy sent over. I had thought about ordering cookies to take with me to Turkey this year, but the timing did not work out. No worries. Aylin found some at a Turkish patisserie. She had us over for afternoon tea today so we could test-drive the cookies. Yummy!

      We continued our food-themed day with dinner at Paprica … an Italian restaurant just a few steps down the street from mom’s condo. The food is always good here … and the service as well. Murat made reservations in the indoors section … we had the whole room to ourselves. I usually have pasta, but opted for the Paprica Beef Special, which is not unlike çökertme kebabı … small chunks of beef served over shredded fried potatoes with yogurt and tomato sauce. We ordered the caramel cake to share six-ways just to refresh our palates. We were so enjoying our meal that I, alas, forgot to take photos!      Read more

    • Türkiye 2021
      Day 83

      Happy 40th & Belated 33rd

      November 26, 2021 in Turkey ⋅ ☁️ 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.      Read more

    • Türkiye 2021
      Day 82

      Happy Thanksgiving

      November 25, 2021 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 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.      Read more

    • Türkiye 2021
      Day 12

      Murano’s Kitchen

      September 16, 2021 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 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.      Read more

    • Türkiye 2021
      Day 112

      Merry Christmas

      December 25, 2021 in Turkey ⋅ ⛅ 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.      Read more

    • Türkiye 2021
      Day 111

      Happy Birthday x2

      December 24, 2021 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 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!      Read more

    • Türkiye 2023
      Day 16

      Breakfast at Léone

      September 18, 2023 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 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.

    • Türkiye 2021
      Day 35

      Flapjacks in Alsancak

      October 9, 2021 in Turkey ⋅ ⛅ 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.      Read more

    • Türkiye 2021
      Day 19

      Back in Izmir

      September 23, 2021 in Turkey ⋅ 🌙 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.      Read more

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