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TT&W Team
Mar 5, 20218 min read
From Turkey to Tanzania - Off to Africa
We loved Turkey. We may have ended up there largely due to COVID restrictions, but what an awesome time. Stir crazy is stir crazy,...
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TT&W Team
Feb 26, 20217 min read
Wine Tasting (Drinking) in Datca
Datca Vineyards and Wines After our time in Urla, we wanted to stay on the Turkish wine train. Fortunately, we’d have an opportunity just...
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TT&W Team
Feb 19, 20217 min read
Afternoon Swims in Marmaris - A Mediterranean (Ghost) Town
Life along the Marmaris Promenade We had a blast in Izmir - but we kept moving the whole time. With an African safari on the horizon, we...
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TT&W Team
Feb 5, 20216 min read
Wine Tasting in Urla - and a Celebrity Cameo
Urlice Vineyards Turns out Turkey makes wine - really good wine. But, for a variety of reasons, people outside of Turkey don’t know much...
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TT&W Team
Jan 29, 20215 min read
Exploring Izmir - Life on the Aegean
Visiting Izmir, Turkey Similar to our time in Istanbul, Izmir just offered too many cool experiences to not include a catch-all post...
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TT&W Team
Jan 22, 20216 min read
The Izmir Asansor – A City’s Elevator
Personal elevators are cool. Personal elevators up the side of a cliff are cooler. Formerly personal elevators up the side of a cliff...
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TT&W Team
Jan 15, 20217 min read
Touring Ancient Ephesus - Our "Letter to the Ephesians"
Whether you go for religious, historical, or just aesthetic reasons, if you find yourself in western Turkey, make the trip to Ephesus....
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TT&W Team
Jan 8, 20215 min read
Eating (Adventurously) in Izmir
Eating in Izmir - Kokorec and Other Adventures Anytime you visit a new town – especially a seaside one in another country – trying the...
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TT&W Team
Jan 1, 20214 min read
Out of Ukraine - 20 Pounds Later...
As with all family reunions, eventually our time in Ukraine had to come to an end. While certainly better than five-year gaps between...
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TT&W Team
Nov 6, 20206 min read
Eating and Strolling through Istanbul, Part Two
As promised, here’s Part Two, wrapping up our time in Istanbul. And, in a shameless plug for the city, most Turkish Airways flights fly...
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TT&W Team
Oct 30, 20205 min read
Eating and Strolling through Istanbul, Part One
From the delicious meals - formal, streetside, and everything in between - to the aimless strolls through new neighborhoods, we couldn’t...
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TT&W Team
Oct 23, 20204 min read
Chai with a Local and the Beauty of a Go-To Spot
With a heyday from the 80s to early 90s, Cheers may have been before our time, but that’s not to say it didn’t in some strange cosmic...
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TT&W Team
Oct 16, 20204 min read
Embracing the "Murse" - a Lesson in Functionality (and Humility...)
Okay, so it’s time to address some social media comments / mocking… Yes, Chipp has embraced the “murse” (a.k.a. man purse, man bag,...
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TT&W Team
Oct 9, 20205 min read
Just "Happy Little Accidents" - Travel, Bob Ross Style
Happy Little Accidents in Turkey Turns out that Bob Ross, in addition to being a great art teacher with some outstanding hair, had quite...
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TT&W Team
Oct 1, 20205 min read
Living and Working in Istanbul - The Importance of Routine
After wrapping up our first Monday to Friday “work week” living in Istanbul, we needed to take a step back and ask - what’s working, and...
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TT&W Team
Sep 24, 20204 min read
Off to Istanbul - Our First Stop
Traveling to Istanbul Despite COVID-19 and all the other craziness of 2020, we were going to travel and work for a year, and we made...
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