Category Archives: Traveling

Christmas and New Year in Hannover

Our plans in December and January seemed to change every week, and in the end we had some free time around Christmas and New Year.  One day Ferda and I were chatting with Yasemin when she suggested we go to … Continue reading →

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Auto-touring to a couple yayla in Rize

The Kaçkar Mountains!  A great escape from Antalya’s summertime heat.  This summer Ferda and I signed up with one of Rize’s hiking clubs, KDRK, for their casual six-day trekking trip.  But first we arrived in Rize early with a couple … Continue reading →

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Paperwork in Ankara

Ankara’s not a particularly exciting city.  I’ve been a number of times, mostly to visit Banu, Deniz, and Sabiha, but I haven’t bothered writing a blog about it till now.  Banu and Deniz  now live in Amsterdam, and Sabiha was … Continue reading →

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Ahmetler Canyon descent with Evren and Bekir

This was my second descent of Ahmetler Canyon.  It’s a super fun day, something worth doing a few times.  On my first trip through the canyon, I was cold almost the whole time.  This time I had a full (as … Continue reading →

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Four-day auto-tour east of Antalya with Gertjan, Jacqui, and Mateo

Well, this blog post was a long time coming.  When we did this trip last September, I was still fairly good about keeping the blog going, and this entry was the next one I was going to write.  Somehow I … Continue reading →

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