Fred Fishermen
Went for a walk the other day. Strolled down to Karaköy in the evening as the sun was going down, to sit by the waterfront to watch the ferries come and go and ...
Category: Turkey
Spring Travels
The school year in most English preparatory departments is broken down into five modules. Each module is six weeks followed by a final exam. After the first mod...
Falcon Derailleurs
Before I got into teaching, I worked in a bike shop. It’s usually my job in-between teaching jobs as well. When I get fed up with a place or with the idea...
Remembrance of Things Past
For the first time in many years, I’ve begun to go to bed early. No no no… I haven’t been making my way further in Proust. I brought it with m...
Sunday
I went for a stroll the other day. By the mid afternoon all I’d managed to do was drink coffee and read. I don’t like weekends when I don’t ma...
Edirne Escape
I’m in Edirne for another weekend. Over the past few weeks I’ve covered a few lessons for another teacher, so he paid me back by covering my Friday ...
Amusing myself
I teach in a private university, so the students come from wealthy, very privileged backgrounds for the most part. They don’t want to be in their English ...
The singing guy
Living one street off of Istiklal means that I see all sorts of crazies. There was one lesson in school when we listened to “Imagine,” so I took it ...
Birds
It was Friday and I needed spices. Next week I’m planning on hosting a Christmas party for the other English teachers in my flat and will make the Howard ...
Konya
I’ve been dabbling in reading Rumi for the past year or so. In my time here in Istanbul, I’d like to travel to different parts of the country, so a ...