This Jew spent Easter Sunday in Duhok (a Kurdish city near the Turkey-Iraq border), where Newroz decorations were still up. She spent Friday at Lake Dukan at a seyran (Kurdish all-day picnic) with 30 Kurds from work. A week ago she finished up her 2-week travels in Athens, having gone to Greece (Delphi, Nafplio, Mycenae, … Continue reading Wander-exhausted
Month: March 2013
After a zombie-fying TWENTY-HOUR BUS TRIP (including a mad dash to buy a visa at the border, finding a New Jersey-an at a rest stop, and passing through Hasankeyf), I am in Diyarbakir! I'll try to post when I find a computer, but I'll be inconsistent at best. I definitely didn't plan this trip as … Continue reading Diyarbakir!
I'm leaving tomorrow for a week-and-a-half-long trip around Turkey and Greece. It's gonna be a LOT of travelling. I'm going by bus, plain, and ferry to get all these places. I'm in the excited, nervous, slightly morbid state of mind I get into before all my international trips. Why? This'll be my first time in … Continue reading Turkey & Greece
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