Blogs from Middle East - page 1007

Yep...I've been here for a few weeks now and I've got a few more to go! it's not bad ;) ANYWAY, the big reason for this post is because I will be taking a short vacation when I get home....making it 4 continents I've been in in a year! THAT'S my kind of year. I am heading to Poland. The dates are not set yet because I don't know what day I'm getting home and I NEED to know that before I go and schedule anything. Mary said she may be able to go with me---we'll see :) But here's the basic idea of what I'm doing: Flying to Warsaw, Poland, spending 2 days there @ a Hostel and visiting what's left of the Ghetto, then taking a train to Krakow where I'll spend the rest ... read more

Geo: 37.0391, 27.4302Kate: We just finished packing and the boys took their last swim in the pool. We all want to stay in Turkey, but we want to go home at the same time. We went to a farewell tea with Amishay's family. Alp Doan had been sick, but he was feeling better and was in a good mood. Alex made squeaky noises at him and Alp Doan made squeaky noises back and they were both giggling. Nazli offered to let us take Alp Doan back to America with us, but Alex did not want to be a big brother.Josh: My heart's being torn in half (Alex: mine too!). I'm thinking about maybe going to Turkey next summer. Maybe we will win the lottery. Yesterday the Shaggy Dog was shorn. He tried to resist, but to ... read more

Hi loyal Travelblog followers!! The troops and İ have made our next move - south to the Turkish ısand of Bozcaada. A small ısland of vineyards and beaches (tough İ know). Today we have occupied ourselves walking around an old fortress (truly amazing) followed by a couple of cups of çay (pronounced chai ıt ıs tea served in little glass cups). This afternoon we have been for a swim in the Aegean coupled wıth lots of sunbathing. But don´t worry İ´m still not very tanned. Last time I updated you İ was just on my way to do a tour of the Gallipoli battlefıelds. It was a truly awe inspiring experience!! The immense history of the place was overwhelming at times. The sheer folly of the ANZAC invasion becomes very clear as soon as you see ... read more

Hello Bloggers! For those of you waıtıng wıth baıted breath to hear the latest, apologıes for the delay ın updatıng thıs - we have had some dodgy ınternet connectıons over the past couple of weeks ın Bulgarıa and Turkey - but not to worry ...here we are. The keys on thıs are a bıt funny too so please excuse the ı ınstead of i.. So last we left you we were ın Brasov, Romanıa... one of our favourıte towns of the trıp so far, we stayed an extra day and then headed south just an hour to Sınaıa, a lovely lıttle town ın the mountaıns establıshed as a monastary for some more hıkıng. Not as dramatıc as the mountaıns ın Slokavıa but stıll quıte pıctuesque wıth forested slopes and waterfalls ın places and a couple of ... read more

Turkish is in fact a very easy language to learn... Really, no joke! Just look at the pictures and you will understand why. It is just half the fun if you don't have some French (or Swiss-German) skills however. Do you recognize the words? Starting tomorrow, this all won't help us anymore. Farsi (or Persian) is very different and we will need to learn some basic words quickly! Turkey was wonderful. We will upload some pics from Anı and Doğubayazıt with the next entry from Iran. Take care. ... read more