Uzbekistan is a captivating blend of history, culture, and flavors that hits you like a whirlwind of turquoise tiles, fragrant plov, and relentless carpet sellers they could sell sand to a camel. I recently returned from this Central Asian jewel, clutching four cashmere shawls I did not know I needed until the bazaar vendors worked…
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Saddle Up
To YG Equestrian Centre and YG Pro Shite team with my undying love… My earliest memory of horses comes from a black and white picture taken by my dad during a visit to our family’s farm. The image captures a stunning mare, a working horse, and me sitting on her without a saddle when I…
Pompeii Past Preserved
What do you do when you binge-watch “Sopranos” again? You book a flight to Napoli, or Naples, if you will. The Other Me and I had this overwhelming need to go back to Italy and Tony Soprano convinced us that it was time to go back. With less then 2hour flight from Istanbul it is…
Lale Festivalı – More Than Just a Pretty Bloom
Every spring, Istanbul transforms into a living painting. The city’s streets, parks, and public spaces become awash with the brilliant colours of tulips – lale as they’re affectionately known in Turkish.
The Magical South
The Berber people, also known as the Amazigh, are the indigenous inhabitants of Maghreb region, of North Africa. In Morocco they live mainly around the Atlas Mountains and south of the country. Their history stretches back over 10,000 years. Their origins are rooted in the prehistoric populations of the region, and their language belongs to…
Yabancı in İstanbul, part 1
yabancı (tur.) – a foreigner, an alien I believe that everyone has a city that feels like it is part of one’s soul. It is not necessarily a city we were born in. Over the years I have heard people saying that Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, and many other cities are “their cities”. The…
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