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After being in Turkey for two weeks and in recovery mode for one week, I am finally catching up with the news. I have ploughed my way through about 150 pages of news and commentary, including the print outs of … Continue reading →

Just to put something on the blog to keep what remaining readers I have interested (I will get back into gear sooner or later as I continue to recover from my International Sojourn), I have picked up on Tom’s little … Continue reading →

Sorry for the long break in transmission. I arrived home on Thursday night after more than twenty four hours of travel (including check in, change of flights at KLIA, getting through quarantine on the Australian side). I was absolutely exhausted … Continue reading →

Th?s w?ll be the last entry ?n the blog unt?l I land back ?n Melbourne tomorrow n?ght. It’s 6:30am ?n Istanbul and we only have a few m?nutes before need?ng to be packed and ready to leave for today’s v?s?t … Continue reading →

Another day of beaut?es and surpr?ses. I l?ke Bursa. A very busy c?ty, but also one w?th a lot of beauty. Bursa ?s the 4th largest c?ty ?n Turkey w?th almost 2 m?ll?on ?nhab?tants. Its ma?n ?ndustry ?s automot?ve. It’s … Continue reading →

After the morn?ng blog entry, I dec?ded to rev?s?t the churches I found last n?ght to see ?f there was any movement at the stat?on. So at 8am I headed off aga?n on the streets of Izm?r. F?rst stop–the one … Continue reading →

Yesterday was our second day ?n Izm?r. Th?s morn?ng we leave for Bursa. Saturday was more relaxed than the prev?ous days–less s?ghtsee?ng. We are all gett?ng a l?ttle t?red after seven days. Emre’s vo?ce ?s show?ng the stra?n and our … Continue reading →

What a remarkable day yesterday (Friday 27th) was. I am up very early this morning (5:30am) after a very late night last night (bed at 12:30am) in order to record all that happened. We are staying in the Anemos Hotel … Continue reading →

You remember that I hadn’t f?n?shed tell?ng last n?ght’s story yet. On our arr?val at Izm?r we were taken d?rectly to d?nner at the Sultan Restaurant, owned by one of our hosts for the Izm?r sect?on of our tr?p, Izzet?n. … Continue reading →

Day s?x and the pace ?s st?ll one of hect?c travel, s?ght-see?ng, eat?ng and ?ntercultural d?alogue. I need to f?n?sh a descr?pt?on of what happened last n?ght f?rst. After gett?ng about an hour’s sleep, we went out “on the town” … Continue reading →