A Weekend in Two Continents
Posted December 6, 2019
A photo essay Celebrated my 21st birthday by traveling for six hours. This is me eating my birthday cake outside the Florence Airport because...Category: Turkey
Carefree lyfe man
Posted February 18, 2016
During exchange, reality is suspended for four months. Being away from the pressures of student life at Northwestern along with significant distance from the...
The return
Posted February 5, 2016
Coming back the U.S was not exactly the parade of glory a self-proclaimed traveler such as myself would have expected. Despite receiving the red...
Çay, the beautiful tea
Posted January 20, 2016
Note to reader: Details in the story may or may not be exaggerated. Read at your own discretion In Turkey, I drink çay tea...
Travel Bug (The bad kind)
Posted December 14, 2015
I’ve always loved world geography and culture. My mother used to bring me to the library hoping that I would be consumed by novels,...
Language Barrier
Posted November 12, 2015
Here at Koc University, I am enrolled in a Turkish language course for the semester. Turkish comes from the Altaic language family, so it’s...
Istanbul Suprises
Posted October 7, 2015
It’s been four weeks now, and Istanbul continues to surprise me every day. One thing that is vital to survival in Turkey is patience....
Ready for Istanbul (?)
Posted September 30, 2015
Merhaba! I can picture it already, alone in Istanbul Ataturk Airport, completely and utterly lost. I try to decipher the signs using my copy...
A Home Here and a Home There
Posted January 13, 2014
Hagar Gomaa, Koç University Exchange, Fall 2013 My last few days in Istanbul were a mix of last minute to do items, cramming for exams,...
Delicious Turkish Food
Posted January 13, 2014
Hagar Gomaa, Koç University Exchange, Fall 2013 I felt that this blog post was necessary since I have neglected to mention one of my most...