Empty Nest Expat

  The entrance to the Belgrad Forest Back in Istanbul, after a week in France, I was excited to see that a Turkish friend was organizi...

After a week of getting to enjoy my best friend from college , Robin, and her husband Jim, it was time to go home to Istanbul.  I have never...

For a week straight, my college friend Robin and I did nothing but shop and eat and talk to her husband Jim.  Jim, as a wine maker and a lon...

Who can resist the charm of the plantain tree in the South of France? I loved the idea of their legacy. Everyone can plant a sin...

On the road to La Mourrade there is a turn-off for the ruins of an old chateau with the best view of the Lubéron.   The ruins of the old cha...