Setting out: Raging fever and a plate of garlic
It was time to set out again. For the past month I’d been working at a kid’s camp up on mount Uludağ, about four hours from Istanbul. The university...
Tag: travel
Mark the Artist
I’ve met a lot of people in my few years of traveling and feel like I’ve got more than enough characters to make up a pretty funny novel about meeti...
Spring Travels
The school year in most English preparatory departments is broken down into five modules. Each module is six weeks followed by a final exam. After the first mod...
Tour of Virginia
I’m picking away at a number of books at the moment, one of which is a collection of essays by writers about their worst travel experiences. This got me t...
From the Vault
In a class full of 25 unmotivated students who are 18 or 19 years old, when I can’t get anyone to pay attention or do any work, I need to find some way of...
Edirne Escape
I’m in Edirne for another weekend. Over the past few weeks I’ve covered a few lessons for another teacher, so he paid me back by covering my Friday ...
Lafy Nijo, Travel, Exile and Wandering
It’s a bit of a shock to me when I reflect that it’s been nearly three years since I graduated from college. What exactly have I been doing for the ...
Birds
It was Friday and I needed spices. Next week I’m planning on hosting a Christmas party for the other English teachers in my flat and will make the Howard ...
Konya
I’ve been dabbling in reading Rumi for the past year or so. In my time here in Istanbul, I’d like to travel to different parts of the country, so a ...
Into Canaan and Don’t Eat Prunes at the Bus Station
The photo below was taken by older sister Elizabeth in the fall of 2008, after we’d finished the Ann Arbor criterium. It’s been one of our favorite ...