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“Four Turkish words”, a travel story for the World Nomads Writing Scholarship 2019 (+ the bizarre feeling of time in travel)

“Four Turkish words”, a travel story for the World Nomads Writing Scholarship 2019 (+ the bizarre feeling of time in travel)

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A month has passed since we published something on this blog. But time is a bizarre entity when traveling like this (and even more since we’ve entered Iran). Furthermore, my writing was focused on two different projects: the first was a song that a friend asked me for his band‘s new album; the second one was a short travel story to apply for the World Nomads Writing Scholarship 2019. It’s about an adventure we lived in Turkey in November 2018,…

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Across Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan in pictures: take a look at our Facebook page

Across Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan in pictures: take a look at our Facebook page

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We published just two photo galleries here on the website (Greece and the Balkans) after creating albums on our Facebook page. But photos increase in number and internet connections are not always fast enough: uploading pictures on Facebook and here takes a huge amount of time. Since our Fb page is public, even those of you who do not have an account can read what we write and take a look at the pictures as we post them. So here’s…

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Somewhere in Turkey
Ma va’ là podcast #2 is here: of the absence of silence, Italian cooking, your imagination and many more sounds (well, a few)

Ma va’ là podcast #2 is here: of the absence of silence, Italian cooking, your imagination and many more sounds (well, a few)

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Long time no speak! But here we are. A quiet afternoon/evening in Tbilisi, a few glasses of good wine and two months or recorded sounds: the second podcast from our trip is ready. We decided to keep the same format as the first one because we’ve had positive feedbacks and because we believe it’s a good way for us to share with you our experience on the road. The attitude is always “live” and DIY. Punkish. We are not aiming…

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Turkish sketches (of hospitality and letting go, a lot of çay and gratitude)

Turkish sketches (of hospitality and letting go, a lot of çay and gratitude)

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Entering Turkey meant a new stage in our journey, not just because we left Europe for Asia, the continent we’ll be cycling for the months to come. Sure, Europe – even in its Balkan way – is familiar to us whereas Turkey is new. But there’s more. First: hospitality. We had been told about but we weren’t expecting what we’ve found: Turkish people are welcoming and warm and helpful beyond imagination. And second: letting go (or how our minds changed…

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