Rehabbing my foot back in September

This is an old video of me rehabbing my right foot back in September. I basically camped out in this park and, for three days straight, did nothing but walk around the park working my foot back into shape (I took this video on the second day). When I walked into the...

At the bus station in Konya

Me on the left, Ismail on the right, and one of Ismail’s friends in the middle. I had met Ismail earlier in the week, at the auto repair shop, on my walk out of Konya. Ismail is the guy I overheard telling others in the restaurant about my walk, and who...

Ali expounding on something or other

Ali is an old friend of mine from Istanbul, the friend I’ve been staying with this week. Ali is one of the smartest people I know, and, shall we say, unique.

Starbucks on Thanksgiving

Me, Deniz, and Jeremy. Istanbul’s Kanyon Starbucks on Thanksgiving. I know Deniz from Istanbul Toastmasters from back in 2007. She was a founding member and the club’s first Secretary. She has since started other Toastmasters clubs and gotten approval from...

Thanksgiving, old friends, cell phones

When I am in the USA Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. It has the family and culinary focuses of Christmas, but, if you turn a blind eye to Black Friday, much less of the commercial hype, and, unlike Christmas, it is not preceded by a full month of...