Ellen in Turkey http://www.elleninturkey.com American in Antalya Mon, 20 May 2013 09:39:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 More about my visit to Pristina, Kosovo http://www.elleninturkey.com/2013/05/pristina-2/ http://www.elleninturkey.com/2013/05/pristina-2/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 09:37:29 +0000 Ellen http://www.elleninturkey.com/?p=3612

More about my visit to Pristina, Kosovo is a post from: Ellen in Turkey

More about my visit to Pristina, Kosovo is a post from: Ellen in Turkey My days in Pristina started with an incredible breakfast buffet at the Swiss Diamond Hotel: Hot and cold meats, boiled and scrambled eggs, smoked salmon, various cheeses, palachinki (buckwheat crepes), grilled vegetables, fresh fruits and breakfast pastries. Yoghurt and cereal were [...]

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Prizren, Kosovo is a post from: Ellen in Turkey

Prizren, Kosovo is a post from: Ellen in Turkey During my stay in Pristina I took a day trip to Prizren  This historic town, settled in Roman times,  was controlled by Bulgarians from the ninth century and then by Serbs from the eleventh century until being conquered by Ottomans in 1455. In 1912 it became [...]

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Arriving in Pristina, Kosovo is a post from: Ellen in Turkey

Arriving in Pristina, Kosovo is a post from: Ellen in Turkey When my dear friend and musical guru, Dorothy Stone, told me in a Skype call  that she was going to be in Kosovo in April I thought, “maybe I can get there”.  I told her I’d look into flights, and as soon as we [...]

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A Lovely Day in Lara is a post from: Ellen in Turkey

A Lovely Day in Lara is a post from: Ellen in Turkey At the last German group event I was asked to sing in an upcoming concert at Akdeniz University, so last week I went to Lara to rehearse with Fritz, the German pianist and organizer of the concert. Fritz lives in an area called [...]

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]]> http://www.elleninturkey.com/2013/04/lara/feed/ 0 The Nightmare of Turkcell Superonline Service http://www.elleninturkey.com/2013/04/turkcell-superonline/ http://www.elleninturkey.com/2013/04/turkcell-superonline/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:10:32 +0000 Ellen http://www.elleninturkey.com/?p=3529

The Nightmare of Turkcell Superonline Service is a post from: Ellen in Turkey

The Nightmare of Turkcell Superonline Service is a post from: Ellen in Turkey In my very first blog post I wrote about the challenge of getting internet set up in Turkey (which requires first obtaining a residence permit, also a hoot). Now, two and a half years later, history is repeating itself as I struggle to get [...]

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A Weekend in Lara, or how I Smashed my Face is a post from: Ellen in Turkey

A Weekend in Lara, or how I Smashed my Face is a post from: Ellen in Turkey Most expats in Antalya live in one of three areas: downtown, Lara and Konyaalti. Downtown has the nightlife;  Konyaalti has the beach; and Lara has upscale shopping and good restaurants. I haven’t spent much time in Lara, but [...]

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]]> http://www.elleninturkey.com/2013/03/antalyalara/feed/ 0 What is a Kumrucu? http://www.elleninturkey.com/2013/03/what-is-a-kumrucu/ http://www.elleninturkey.com/2013/03/what-is-a-kumrucu/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:46:41 +0000 Ellen http://www.elleninturkey.com/?p=3453

What is a Kumrucu? is a post from: Ellen in Turkey

What is a Kumrucu? is a post from: Ellen in Turkey What is a kumrucu? T he ci/cu suffix in Turkish usually designates the person who performs or makes the thing in question or the place where said thing is offered.  So logically, a kumrucu should be someone who makes kumru.  So I looked up [...]

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Antalya : Library and Cafes is a post from: Ellen in Turkey

Antalya : Library and Cafes is a post from: Ellen in Turkey I’ve just learned there’s a library in Antalya about a 10 minute bus ride from my home. It’s only a year old, so not many people know about it. It’s in Piramid Park, which is between Konyaaltı’s 5m Migros and the AKM concert hall. [...]

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Turkish Coffee and Tasseography is a post from: Ellen in Turkey

Turkish Coffee and Tasseography is a post from: Ellen in Turkey The tradition of drinking coffee in Turkey is very different from the way we drink coffee in the U.S. You will never see someone grab a paper cup of Turkish coffee and drink it on the way to work. İnstead, Turkish coffee is a [...]

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Blog Awards and Desserts is a post from: Ellen in Turkey

Blog Awards and Desserts is a post from: Ellen in Turkey There are two kinds of blog awards: One is given by a directory site, to get people to visit the site and to link to it.  (They award their prizes largely based on “votes”, so whoever gets their readers to visit their page the [...]

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