On Not Speaking the Language, in a Big Way
We blunder along in a new language, amusing all and sundry with our faux pas.
We blunder along in a new language, amusing all and sundry with our faux pas.
First 72 hours in Istanbul: here's what we're seeing. It turns out this is a very different place from the Nordic peninsula!
Grocery shopping, or: the skinny on how we are going to remain fatties: food is cheap, plentiful, and fantastic. We're on a feeding frenzy!
We tell the dumb-but-true story of our ignominious arrival in Istanbul in the middle of the night, with several lessons for the reader...
A description of our flat in Istanbul: handsome but without much stuff in it - see how your favourite minimalists cope!