“You’ve dropped something back there”, I heard a young man say to a young woman (who was in a small group) as she walked from Istanbul’s “Blue Mosque”. “Oh no”, … Read the rest “Terrible Turkish Tourist”
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“You see that girl there?” I heard the nearby woman say with, what I thought was an Australian accent. “She was a singer and she was Australian and she was … Read the rest “Shirley Valentine moment in Çanakkale”
I was feeling slightly apprehensive about my decision to visit Anzac Cove and Lone Pine.
I’m very proud of my Australian heritage which goes back to the early days of … Read the rest “Anzac Day in Turkey”
There was a brief moment today when I thought I’d bitten off more than I could chew. As I looked around the street signs there wasn’t a single word I … Read the rest “Saying Yes in Istanbul”
“It’s very simple. You take six stops and then you change and you take six more stops, and then you get off, and it’s around the corner”, the bloke at … Read the rest “Hello Istanbul”