La Bella Vita in Italy

Check out photos and recipes from my six months in Italy--studying Italian, taking cooking lessons, falling in love with the people and the land.
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Life in Turkey

I taught English Literature for ten months in a small city in Western Turkey--check out what life in Turkey is like off the beaten tourist path.
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The Terraced Philippines

Blessed with a Fulbright Scholarship, I spent six months researching an indigenous tribe in the Philippine Rice Terraces. Read here about my unusual adventures.
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