Category Archives: Visits from the Karagöz puppets

Westward Ho!: Of scorched earth and strawberries in Yeşilırmak

Posted on December 17, 2013 by lizcameron

As you may have seen from our last post, we’ve been eating our way across Cyprus. Thankfully, we were lucky enough to find an amazing restaurant run by a Turkish Cypriot re-patriot named Mustafa. Çiftlik evi was phenomenal and both … Continue reading →

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Çiftlik Evi: Mercan Bey & M. Sniff Out Delicious Food (Yet Again)

Posted on December 15, 2013 by lizcameron

As you may have learned over the years here at Slowly-by-Slowly, one of the  Ottoman-era puppets who inhabits my brain (with the goal of assisting me in my cross-cultural marital road trip) is Mercan Bey ( that’s “Mehr-jahn”), the Arabian … Continue reading →

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Kranky in Kyrenia – Including – A 2nd Round with Soldiers

Posted on December 10, 2013 by lizcameron

Harrumph. I’d had just about enough of sitting upright all day with an increasingly resistant-to-medicine pain in my side despite the resplendent views on our way down the north slopes of Kantara castle. You can read about that lovely locale … Continue reading →

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