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Bill and Carol's Senior Years Abroad: Month 3...Rahatlik

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August 21st 2010
Welcome to "Month 3 of Bill and Carol's Senior Trip Abroad"! This month's theme is "rahatiik" (comfort). Despite staggering heat/humidity and a modest list of annoyances, we are finding great comfort here. A few nights ago, we found ourselves in one of those stock-taking conversations in which we tried to think back and line up earlier expectations with reality. We recalled that as we packed ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Mediterranean » Antalya » Kumluca

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more