A month ago we had a week off for Fall Break and I used it to begin to explore this new land in which I live. I traveled south to Antalya in hopes of swimming in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as to visit sites of historic and natural beauty. I accomplished all of that, and more! For this trip I did something new-to-me in regards to transportation–I rode the Metro to the airport. This…
In my three years of living in Mongolia, my father was my only visitor. He arrived the night before I did, and was there for the first two weeks of my new life. Don’t get me wrong, I was thankful to have a fellow family member there–to have him see where I would be living and working. However, I expect he left with many questions about how my life would proceed. His concerns were not…
Shortly after I arrived into Turkey we had a week-long holiday called Bayram, or Eid, depending on where you are in the world. It is a festival of sacrifice for followers of the Islamic faith. For those of us that are not Muslim, it was an opportunity to have one last holiday before we dug into the work of educating students. As I had spent my summer in Mongolia procuring my Visa for Turkey and…