“People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck
When we visited Pamukkale, I said “This is going to be one of my favorite things we do in Turkey”. Seven weeks later, it is holding up as one of my top experiences of the entire trip.
[Read more…] about Pamukkale – Walking Through the Healing Waters
I was flat out sick the day we went to Ephesus. Like running a fever, chest all tight and struggling to breathe, worn the hell out sick.
Ephesus didn’t care.
She showed up for me anyway.
In shimmering waves of sunlight that could have been caused by the fever.
Or the copious amount of medication I was taking.
Or the fact that it’s just a damn magical place.
You can’t go to ruins in America, mostly due to the fact that the country is only 200 years old (but also because we’re a super destructive society). I’ve always wanted to see Greek ruins, and somehow, the fact that we’re going to was completely off my radar. So of course, I researched it, using actual books. I feel like I should get some brownie points.
“I poured my soul into the city’s streets, and there it still resides.” – Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk
It was our sixth day in Istanbul and we had been putting off going to see the sights in Sultanhamet because we had scheduled a full day walking tour with Walks of Turkey and we were excited to get out and see the sites!
We are smitten with our little apartment in the Taksim neighborhood of Istanbul. In our state of feeling adrift and overwhelmed and mildly terrified of the journey we’ve committed to, it provides us safety and the feeling that we have some control when everything seems to be spinning faster than we can process.
[Read more…] about Istanbul Days and Nights – The Adjustment Period
