Cheap London Street Food Markets London is known for two things: having shit weather and being expensive. I once heard a BBC meteorologist describe the morning weather as “deceptively dry”. The capital city also happens to have an incredible food scene. If you want to eat on the cheap and expand your waistline, street markets… Continue reading Top 5 London Street Food Markets
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Barcelona Adventures
Last month, I spent twelve days watching a cat named Arnie in Barcelona. I met his owner, Simon, on the Trusted Housesitters website. A lone cat in a cosmopolitan city is like the Holy Grail of petsitting assignments, so I really lucked out. The apartment where I stayed was located near the Plaça d’Espanya and… Continue reading Barcelona Adventures
Floridian Adventures
In August, I was at the family health center in my neighborhood for some routine blood tests. As the doctor scanned the small result sheet, his eyes darting back and forth between the ideal chemical levels and mine, he asked what I was doing in Turkey. I’ve been asked this innumerable times and can give… Continue reading Floridian Adventures
Housesitting Adventures in England
This summer, I spent an incredible nine days housesitting in England. I met Anne, the homeowner, through my friend Jasmin, whom I petsat for earlier this year in Gökçeovacık. We corresponded through email for a couple of months and she asked me to petsit in Bradford-on-Avon while she was on holiday in Turkey. I hadn’t… Continue reading Housesitting Adventures in England
Oslo Adventures
(Photo Andrii Zherebko) My recent trip to Norway was a bit of an impulse. I hadn’t left Turkey in seven months and was getting a bit stir-crazy. I searched for cheap plane tickets out of Istanbul, found a direct round trip flight to Oslo for only 130 USD, and clicked “purchase”. It wasn’t until later… Continue reading Oslo Adventures
Rocks and Mountains in Gökçeovacık
Hey, party people! If you missed my first blog post about Gökçeovacık and enjoy looking at pictures of cats, click here. In the post, I mentioned that my favorite part about my housesit experience were the walks I would take with the three dogs. Each afternoon, we set out to re-mark our territory throughout Gökçeovacık.… Continue reading Rocks and Mountains in Gökçeovacık
Housesit Adventures in Gökçeovacık
This past week, I did my first ever housesit in Gökçeovacık, a tiny Turkish village near the Aegean coast. Jasmin, a very cool English lady, contacted me via the website MindMyHouse.com. After flying down to meet her a few weeks ago, I agreed to come back again to care for her pets while she was… Continue reading Housesit Adventures in Gökçeovacık
Cappadocia in Winter
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
Black Sea Region Adventures
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
Ankara Adventures With Clive
Last weekend, I went to visit my friend Clive in Ankara. Clive and I were roommates and coworkers in Yalova and after months of systematically wearing him down, I coerced him into being my best friend in Turkey. Clive moved to Ankara this fall to get his masters in English Literature at the very prestigious… Continue reading Ankara Adventures With Clive