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Lahitraot
The title means goodbye in Hebrew. Fun fact: I remembered this from a song we sang in DCA in like 3rd grade, not from my experiences in the Hebrew speaking world. Sorry for not posting yesterday, the timing was pretty awkward, as you shall see.
Woke up at what was once again the blissfully late hour of 7:15, got in a workout, and breakfast …
Let's Talk Turkey
"Nicholas, why on earth would you make such a wretched pun as the title for your day?" "I don't know, I really don't. It hurt me to write it..."
For the past several days I've noted how waking up at 7:15 was a blessedly late hour; this is not the case when you were in bed at 2. I did so anyway in order to go for a run, which is …
Turducken
See, what I did there was utilize a food metaphor of a chicken in a duck in a turkey to simultaneously connect the reader to the fact that this blog is written about Turkey and to imply that it was a "stuffed" day, all the while employing humor to get my audience positively predisposed before reading.
Woke up early enough to get in a run …
The Seat of Ottoman Power
... apartment reserved for the use of the Sultan and his family, it was the scene of several intrigues and excesses. Ruling the harem and often having extensive influence was Valide Sultan, the mother of the reigning sultan. About 400-500 people lived in this section of the palace including eunuch guards and servants. Eunuchs were integral to the harem security and had their own dormitories, courtyards and mosque. Interestingly the chief black eunuch, the sultan’s ...
Özbekistan
... filled with expensive and almost entirely empty stores, surely controlled by the regime. The reason, of course, is that French and Japanese tour groups flock to this city in the spring and summer. Most never see beyond the hideous concrete walls to the real inhabited city itself. This is the second largest city in the country, the residents are ethnic Tajiks or Tajik-speaking Özbeks.
Not understanding the language at all was ...
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