Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Coming Up: My Friend Carol - Expert on Istanbul
One of the things I like to do on my website is shine the spotlight
on regular people like you and me who have chosen to do something
a little unusual with their time and who have managed to live a
unique cross-cultural experience.
So one of these special people is my friend Carol, a multi-talented
highschool teacher, who, as I recently found out, is also an accomplished
painter and pianist.
During the mid-nineties Carol decided to take a few years off and
she went off to Turkey to teach English and Mathematics in a school
in Istanbul. After all was said and done, Carol had lived for 7
years in Istanbul, thoroughly gotten to know Turkish culture and
created a network of international and local friends that she still
stays in touch with today. Turkey continues to be one of her favourite
destinations and Carol tries to reconnect with her favourite country
as often as she can.
In addition to that, Carol also has a special connection to a little
town in Greece by the name of Parga and there is an interesting
story behind this. We'll soon hear about Carol's international connections
and her experiences and insights about Turkey and Greece.
Useful books for travelling to Turkey:
Related Articles:
My friend Leslie, another
regular person, talks about her trip to Antigua
Karla, a Canadian woman, talks about
her expatriate life in Spain
Find Carol's completed interview
here.
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