Messin' with Texas

I know I haven’t been writing lately. I am currently between jobs and living in New York with my family. When the next thing comes along I will get back to writing and probably revamp my blog to be a personal blog until I can get another international posting somewhere. For the mean time, here [...]

One of my first reactions after returning to New York from Istanbul was how hot it was. It felt a lot hotter than Istanbul and it was definitely more humid. I thought this could be an anomaly but I remember a friend’s mother claiming that New York is actually warmer than Istanbul, so I looked [...]

Well today’s weather was a little crazy so I took a few videos. As you will see in the videos some of the hail stones were as big as my thumb nail. It lasted about twenty minutes and it got really freaking cold during the storm. Our basement flooded (also in the video) and a [...]

I was contacted by Robert and Cynthia for advice about visiting Istanbul. They found my blog online and did the right thing by asking me for advice. In return Robert offered me a brief run down of his trip to post on my blog. Hopefully Robert’s experience will be useful to other people thinking about [...]

My time in Turkey is coming to an end. Since leaving my job in April, I been considering what to do, what my next step should be. I decided I needed to figure out what makes me happy and pursue it. After extensive thought and consideration, I realized that the answer to that question was [...]

During my last week in Istanbul I had quite a schedule. We arranged to do a variety of my favorite things. I wanted to post some pictures and give you the schedule.
Wednesday – Diplomacy and board games.
Thursday – Catered Moroccan dinner in Harvey’s apartment.
Friday – A night of epic drinking in Taksim. (So epic we [...]

Well, this will be a huge disappointment to some of you, but I am leaving Turkey soon, very soon. I haven’t been posting because I am making my rounds, saying my good byes, and preparing myself for the next thing. In thinking about what to do next, a previous blog entry came to mind. “Adventures” [...]

Sorry everyone, but I got too wrapped up with some things in my personal life and didn’t have time to give the fourth and final leg of my incredible journey through the south of turkey: The Butterfly Valley. The only route down into the valley was extremely difficult, hence most of the valley’s visitors go [...]

For those of you that do not know, the European soccer (football) championships is being played right now. After losing to Portugal and barely beating Switzerland (who is terrible), Turkey’s chances of moving on going into their third group stage game. The game was against the Czech republic, and the outcome would be the deciding [...]

Our route along the Lycian way started in Alinca. The plan was to hike 7-8 km to Kabak, stay there one night, then hike 7-8 km Faralya, then hike a long 10-15 km to Ovacik. Faralya is where the beautiful butterfly valley is, which we never made it past. Despite rather short distances, the path [...]