Month: January 2015

I met Charlie in Paris in 2009, back when we were two Michiganders trying to prove to the world (and ourselves) that we were more than just Midwest yokels.  After several kilos of cheese, a handful of weekend excursions, and one unspeakably traumatic viewing of “The Antichrist”, we became very close friends. Nearly six years… Continue reading Cappadocia in Winter

Since I first came to Turkey two-and-a-half years ago, Trabzon has been at the top of my bucket list.  Whenever I told my Turkish friends this, they’d raise their eyebrows and say, “Trabzon?  Really?”  I always wanted to go to see the Sumela Monastery, simply because I thought it looked really cool.  So a few… Continue reading Black Sea Region Adventures