Maps are for the weak.

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Visited: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (including French Polynesia), Germany,Greece, Italy,  Japan,  Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland,Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States To go: Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia  Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgi...

Whenever you travel there is always that one food you miss terribly. Often, it is something you wouldn't necessarily want all that often but now that you can't have it you want it constantly.  My food cravings tend to be breakfast items. I enjoy the odd pancake at home (although, more often than not I like them for dinner instead of breakfast), but once I'm on the road I crave them incessantly. The thick doughy goodness of American breakfasts fills my empty ache for home. So you can imagine my delight when we walked around my Istanbul neighborhood and I saw several nearby places advertising waffles. Neon signs! Pictures of bright green kiwi toppings! Whipped cream! I filled my head with plans to eat one every day . Every single day until I never wanted a waffle again. Alas, there is apparently some secret of the waffle I do not understand. It all started on Monday when I eagerly went into the nearest waffle place (which is quite literally next door) for breakfast. ...

Well, we have landed safely in Istanbul. And all I can say is - WOW. It's absolutely beautiful and hectic and I'm in love. Hagia Sophia Blue Mosque Beyoğlu, Istanbul   View over to the Asian side View from bridge crossing the Golden Horn Crossing Golden Horn again Inside the Hagia Sophia