This is where it all began….

January 4, 2012
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Welcome to my blog! In three weeks I will be flying from San Francisco to Singapore for one of my biggest adventures yet. I will be traveling all around the world for 4 months…. well at least as much of the world as I can possibly squeeze into that amount of time. (Update –...

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Life in Istanbul

May 16, 2012
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My apologies for being absent from the blog lately. I have settled into life here in Istanbul, so I thought I would share some photos from my everyday adventures here in the city. Sitting watching the sunset from the Asian side, overlooking Maiden Tower...

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Food, Wine & Fairy Chimneys

May 9, 2012
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I feel so lucky!  I got to spend a weekend in the Cappadocia, Turkey and it is the most amazing  place I have ever seen!  It is filled to the brim with funky landscapes, ancient history, and religious artifacts from what feels to me like...

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Hagia Sophia

April 6, 2012
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The Hagia Sophia is known as one of the most prominent buildings of the world in terms of art and the history of architecture. It has also been called “the 8th wonder of the world” by Eastern Roman Philon as far back as the...

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MiniTurk

April 2, 2012
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Selimiye Mosque

Seeing all of Turkey would be impossible for me right now, so instead I opted for the next best thing, MiniTurk. It is a mini version of the whole country of Turkey and it is amazing! It sounds very cheesy and in a lot...

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The Big 30!

March 29, 2012
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Tracy & I at Pera Palace in front of the first electric elevator in Istanbul

I never thought I would spend my 30th Birthday dancing on a rooftop until the break of down, but apparently I still know how to get down. The night started with champagne at the Pera Palace Hotel. The Pera Palace is one of the...

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Basilica Cistern

March 25, 2012
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Inside Basilica Cistern

The Basilica Cistern or in Turkish, Yerebatan Sarayi, meaning Sunken Palace is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath Istanbul. The cistern was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian to provide water for the city...

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