Türkiye: 2 Weeks in Summary
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Here I am with the summary footprint I promised for our two weeks in Turkey.
Honestly, I didn’t do much of anything. From the get go, this trip was intended simply as “family time” … to addLue lisää
Here I am with the summary footprint I promised for our two weeks in Turkey.
Honestly, I didn’t do much of anything. From the get go, this trip was intended simply as “family time” … to addLue lisää
Two days of travel from the USA to Türkiye via Canada ended this evening when we arrived at the apartment we use as our home base in İzmir.
We took off from IST in the rain … and wind. Not sureLue lisää
Another uneventful flight — the final one of our inbound trip — brought us from IST to ADB.
TK2336 departed IST on time for the 50-minute flight. As soon as the aircraft completed its climb toLue lisää
Caught the Türk Yıldızları (Turkish Stars) — the 6-man Turkish Air Force demonstration team — practicing again for tomorrow’s 101st anniversary of İzmir’s liberation from Greek forces onLue lisää
When possible, Mui and I like to dine al fresco.
The bistro table on the balcony of our home base in İzmir is much too small to comfortably dine on.
We solved the problem by adding a coffee tableLue lisää
„Wahnsinnig wuselig und dabei höchst gechillt.“ So würde ich Izmir, das ehemalige Smyrna, beschreiben. Und jedem, der die Türkei kennenlernen möchte, empfehlen.
Es sind ja überall in derLue lisää
Despite the chaos around the world, all is well in our tiny corner of it. We’re doing everything we can to keep it that way ... washy, washy of hands is at the top of our prevention measures.
AfterLue lisää
Limon Kolonyası. What is that, you ask? It’s cologne with a lemon fragrance, though there are other aromas as well ... lavender being another popular version ... as is lily. Every household inLue lisää
Alrighty ... calling for a taxi to take us to the airport in İzmir. First ✈️ of the day at 8:00a.
Taking advantage of our luggage allowance for business class tickets to take back all theLue lisää
An uneventful flight on Sun Express from Gaziantep brought us back to İzmir. Within hours of getting to the condo, the baklava that Mui had shipped from Gaziantep was delivered as well. All goodLue lisää
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Sonia Gelman Food, food and more food. I loved yogurt drink when we were in Turkey.
Two to Travel We make that drink a lot when Mui grills Turkish meat patties. Another version, put the watered down yogurt in a bowl, add garlic and mix with mini chunks of cucumber for a cold soup.
Sonia Gelman Have to try it.