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Some Meals Find Their Way Back to You
Food has a funny way of carrying memories. Sometimes, all it takes is a familiar flavour to bring you back to a different chapter of your life. This dinner started with a Facebook post. Years ago, there was a Japanese restaurant that I used to frequent. It wasn’t just somewhere I enjoyed eating—it became one… Continue reading
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Three Days of Everyday Life
People often visit Melaka for its famous attractions — Jonker Street, Dutch Square, riverside cafés, and historic buildings. Ironically, I hardly saw any of those. Instead, I experienced something I think was even more special. Since I was travelling with my colleague, who was returning home. I stayed with her family rather than at a… Continue reading
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Father’s Day, A Warm Bowl of Soup
Before we return to Georgia and continue our honeymoon series, I wanted to take a brief pause for something a little closer to home. Father’s Day. The next travel entry will take us back to vineyards, countryside views, and the slower pace of Kakheti. But for today, I thought I’d share a small moment from… Continue reading
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Colours, Walls & The Asia Side
By this point in our trip, we had started settling into a different rhythm. The urge to rush from attraction to attraction had mostly disappeared, replaced by something much simpler: curiosity. So one morning, we made our way across to the Asian side of Istanbul (again) and spent part of the day exploring Kadıköy. Compared… Continue reading
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A Small Pause Between Travels
Before I go into the last couple of entries about Istanbul, I thought I’d take a little detour and talk about something that happened after we came home. Our first wedding anniversary. It still feels strange saying that out loud sometimes. One year. Three hundred and sixty-five days since we stood in front of our… Continue reading
