April 2012
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Five Things I’ll Miss About Turkey
(in no particular order)
1. Su böreği.
This fluffy treat is made of phyllo dough and has become a staple of my Turkish diet and I’m especially fond of the type made with meat on the inside, though the basic cheese version is equally addictive. Think of it as the world’s most basic form of lasagna with a crispy top and a warm, melt-in-your-mouth cheese-and-meat fiesta in the center. Çok iyi.
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And now: May
My main goal was to plant my lips on my girlfriend’s as often as possible.
Our first kiss happened in Santa Cruz a universe away from our reunion kiss in the international arrivals terminal of Ataturk Airport, but it felt just as exhilarating since we were, in many ways, strangers again. Then we snuck a few more kisses in the backseat of the taxi… Dozens more in the apartment… Suffice to...
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“Save the planet. Kill your ego.”
– says the writing on the wall
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Nice beats for Spring Break recovery.
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Don't buy sunscreen in Antalya
So I’m sitting here, peeling off a layer of dead skin because it’s terribly addictive to peel oneself, and posting photos from the past two weeks of my life in Istanbul, already missing my girlfriend and loathing the final month of my study abroad (not because I’m abroad, but because I have to study). I’m sitting here in my little dorm room and thinking of that turtle we...
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Checking in before checking out
We came back one afternoon to find two swans on our bed, long white necks leading up to a rose held between their beaks. We would’ve let them live forever in their state of perpetual love, but we had to kill them because they were formed of towels and we needed to take a shower.
This and other surprises, from the minute to the extraordinary, have crossed our paths in the past week and a half of...
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