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	<title>Living the Turkish Life</title>
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	<description>The title pretty much says it all, but this is my life in Istanbul, Turkey.</description>
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		<title>Back From The U.S. of A.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Murat and I returned from the most wonderful trip of the USA yesterday. We were completely exhausted and have been trying to recover with out too many effects from jet lag. In our month abroad we visited 8 states (WA, OR, CA, UT, ID, MT, WY, NY), saw almost all my family and many friends, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=charbar137.wordpress.com&blog=5305392&post=377&subd=charbar137&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Walking Along The Old City Wall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of doing something new in Istanbul. Through the indispensable Sublime Portal, I joined a walking group (see the island walk a few posts back). We decided to walk along the Theodosian city wall, which dates back to the early 400&#8217;s,  starting at Ayvansaray and ending at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=charbar137.wordpress.com&blog=5305392&post=328&subd=charbar137&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://charbar137.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/walking-along-the-old-city-wall/</link>
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		<title>Books, Books, and More Books [12-16]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My reading definitely picked up in the month of April and is still going strong. I finally got around to reading Parineeta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. I have now read two of his short novels (including Devdas) and I would love to get my hands on more. Since he originally wrote in Bengali, and in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=charbar137.wordpress.com&blog=5305392&post=320&subd=charbar137&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://charbar137.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/books-books-and-more-books-12-1/</link>
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		<title>Tarkan!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love Tarkan! He is on the list of my top five hottest celebrities, and the best Turkish pop star. I heard him for the first time in 2001, and have been a fan ever since. I own all his albums (even the awful English one) and have seen all his music videos. It has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=charbar137.wordpress.com&blog=5305392&post=302&subd=charbar137&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mysterious Benedict Society [11]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently read The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart. What a pleasure it was to read this book. All the characters were utterly memorable, colorful, and well written. A group of children are assembled, after passing some less than straightforward tests, and given the mission of saving the world. They all have different [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=charbar137.wordpress.com&blog=5305392&post=294&subd=charbar137&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://charbar137.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/the-mysterious-benedict-society-11/</link>
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		<title>Home to California&#8230;and Turkish food!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After 3 wonderful days visiting folks in WA, my mom and I flew down to CA. After waiting for a ridiculously long time at the rental car place (they tried to give us 2 cars that they had lost the keys to), we got our car and I drove to my dad and Terri&#8217;s house. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=charbar137.wordpress.com&blog=5305392&post=281&subd=charbar137&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://charbar137.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/home-to-californiaand-turkish-food/</link>
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		<title>Reverse Culture Shock in WA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finally went back to the US.  It had been over two years since I had left, and frankly, I was a little nervous.  What if I said things differently or spoke Turkish without thinking? I am happy to report that everything went very well on the outside, and all the weirdness was known only [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=charbar137.wordpress.com&blog=5305392&post=272&subd=charbar137&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://charbar137.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/reverse_culture_shock_wa/</link>
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		<title>Dancing with the Two-Headed Tigress [10]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last book I read was one I picked up right before my trip to the US for Sarah&#8217;s wedding (see the next few blogs for trip details and photos), Dancing With the Two-Headed Tigress by Tina Biswas.  I must say that is was a tad odd. I enjoyed the magical realism that was woven [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=charbar137.wordpress.com&blog=5305392&post=268&subd=charbar137&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://charbar137.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/dancing-with-the-two-headed-tigress-10/</link>
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		<title>The Little Prince [9] and The Sublime Portal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I apologize for being MIA recently but things have gotten so busy/crazy/insane around here! I am going to try to give a brief update of all that I have been up to. Here goes&#8230;
I decided to re-read The Little Prince as my first (and only) book of March. I just love the story and really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=charbar137.wordpress.com&blog=5305392&post=248&subd=charbar137&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://charbar137.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/the-sublime-portal-and-the-little-prince-9/</link>
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		<title>With No One As Witness [8]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am currently reading more than a few books right now which really seems to slow down my reading. I will have to work on knocking a few of them off before I start my new stash of Baldacci&#8217;s (YAY!). This latest , With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George, was another crime/drama, mystery, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=charbar137.wordpress.com&blog=5305392&post=241&subd=charbar137&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://charbar137.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/with-no-one-as-witness-8/</link>
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