My travel companion had disembarked in Budapest and decided to let me sleep, therefor leaving the door unlocked. The conductor asked me to secure the latch, which I complied with drowsily. And in hindsight, I am grateful that he did ensure that I did.
Thank you to Travel Words for this photo challenge. This month's color is "Brown".
This is not necessarily a family friendly restaurant. But the food made more than up for it.
I wish you that the upcoming year brings you all the best of life.
And even though I did not speak Turkish and they did not speak German or English, we ended up having a full fledged conversation with a mixture of basic words and body language.
Through reflecting on and questioning my believes and values, I figured out a couple of years ago that even though I am not religious or affiliated with any church, I believe and enjoy spirituality. This is most noticeable whenever I enter a place of worship, not matter what dominion.
10 days, 10 travel pictures, and 10 nominations, without any explanation.
After Athens, I took a train to Thessaloniki (Greece) and from there a night train to Istanbul where I arrived on Sep 20th. And honestly, even though the weather was grey and gloomy, the city and its people were amazing.
10 days, 10 travel pictures, and 10 nominations, without any explanation.
Athens confronted me with a problem that I had anticipated earlier but had been spared: Language barriers
10 days, 10 travel pictures, and 10 nominations, without any explanation.
In December, my parents, my baby sister, my younger brother and his girlfriend decided to join us in New York for the holidays. It honestly meant a lot to have them in our new home town and have the people that mean so much to me get to spend time together.
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