Struggling for a jab

We learned that we might well be eligible, or nearly eligible, for a vaccination here in Turkey, but had to go through a fairly long registration process. This entailed, first, going to the post office for a government website password to be texted to us, then return to the computer to register on the website, […]

Over the hill

The GF had today off, and I had finished my work on Sunday, aside from the social media posts for the week. I finished up Monday’s lot and sent them off, and then got asked to look at the layout for a document I’d edited, and was appalled at the number of errors – it […]

Another island

It was a bank holiday for the GF and I had arranged my work so I didn’t have anything today, so we took a ferry to another of the Princes Islands, this time to Kinaliada. It was a less sunny day than the last time we went over, and in fact it pelted with rain […]

Return to the city

Today was our return. In the morning, after breakfast, we took another short walk, in a different direction, but this was mostly over roads katcha and pakka. Along the way we chatted about the potential downfall of global capitalism as sparked by the top football clubs in Europe deciding to form a mini-league of their […]

Paths through the back

After a Turkish breakfast we took the barge across the river and went out through the back of the other hotel. Here we came straight into fields and farms, though still with signs of construction which makes me think that Agva will not be as pleasant a couple of years from now and it is […]

Soothing to the eyes

This morning the GF and I went to Agva for a delayed Easter break. This seemed one of the few plausible places to visit during a pandemic: in Istanbul though outside the city proper, no need to take public transport, with small bed and breakfasts instead of the gigantic hotels in many of the areas […]

Nearly the end

Nearly the end of the year. An artificial marker, perhaps, but I am rather tired and I hope the next year is less tiring. I don’t think it will be. There is a lot of worry and weariness to come – pandemic, work, this bloody flat, etc. And those are just the ones I can […]

Goodbye sunshine

After a warm, sunny long weekend, today the clouds have returned. It is grey and heavy outside, befitting Turkey’s coronavirus figures, speeding towards the top of the global charts. It would be quite something if the GF and I were to have stayed in both the best and the worst places to be during this […]