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Syriac Wine
Those who know me will not be overly surprised that I came across a local wine tradition while visiting Mardin and the Tur Abdin region in east Turkey the other week. The bleak limestone plateau of Tur Abdin is of … Continue reading
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Mespotamia | Day 3
Another bright sunny day and we head 150km east from Mardin to the Mor (Saint) Gabriel Monastery, which is located in somewhat the middle of nowhere. One and a half hours driving though a high plateau of limestone, a part … Continue reading
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Mesopotamia | Day 2
After an early night in the nice, albeit “dry”, Edorba Elegance Hotel – Saturday morning was bright and sunny. A nice breakfast and the tour bus leaves to go visit the various Syriac monasteries in the area as well as a Kasımiye … Continue reading
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Mesopotamia | Day 1
A couple of months ago a local tour company called Sen Anlat Istanbul, advertised a tour to the south East of Turkey. Over the last couple of years we had been on a number of their walking tours discovering Istanbul … Continue reading
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Well, I finally got around to getting the blog updated and I put a selection of some 32 snaps together to kind of give a flavour of the place. Last winter here was foul with blizzards and snow-days in Istanbul … Continue reading
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Moroccan-French Wedding
June 19th, 2011 Having immensely enjoyed the Harley road trip with Glenn last October in Morocco, an invitation to a French wedding in Marrakech from Antoine & Emma, new friends that I met in Casablanca last year, was an opportunity … Continue reading
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Queen’s Day, Delft
April 30th, 2011 Headed down to Delft to spend Queen’s day with a few friends. We toured the crowds in the streets in the centre of the town and then we had a lovely BBQ back at Peter & Franci’s. … Continue reading
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March 21st – 29th, 2011 We departed on March 20th to the town of Rouen, Normandy for five days of French and some “faire de tourism”. Beautiful town and I had fun revisiting the idea of learning French. It was … Continue reading
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Le dîner chez Huby
March 26th, 2011 Le dîner chez Huby – dîner avec nos nouveaux amis Serge et Marie-Laure Huby à Rouen. We really should have taken more pictures !! Thanks again to Marie-Laure and Serge for their wonderful hospitality. Also would like … Continue reading
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Vimy Ridge Canadian War Mamorial
March 29th, 2011 On our way back from Normandy we stopped near Arras at the Canadian memorial at Vimy ridge. The Canadian National Vimy Memorial site is located approximately eight kilometres north of Arras, France, near the towns of Vimy … Continue reading
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Spain Trip, November 2010
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