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    From Turkey to Tanzania - Off to Africa
    TT&W Team
    • Mar 5, 2021
    • 8 min

    From Turkey to Tanzania - Off to Africa

    We loved Turkey. We may have ended up there largely due to COVID restrictions, but what an awesome time. Stir crazy is stir crazy,...
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    Wine Tasting (Drinking) in Datca
    TT&W Team
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 7 min

    Wine Tasting (Drinking) in Datca

    After our time in Urla, we wanted to stay on the Turkish wine train. Fortunately, we’d have an opportunity just outside Marmaris. The...
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    Afternoon Swims in Marmaris - A Mediterranean (Ghost) Town
    TT&W Team
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 7 min

    Afternoon Swims in Marmaris - A Mediterranean (Ghost) Town

    We had a blast in Izmir - but we kept moving the whole time. With an African safari on the horizon, we wanted a couple weeks of more,...
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    Wine Tasting in Urla - and a Celebrity Cameo
    TT&W Team
    • Feb 5, 2021
    • 6 min

    Wine Tasting in Urla - and a Celebrity Cameo

    Turns out Turkey makes wine - really good wine. But, for a variety of reasons, people outside of Turkey don’t know much about it. We...
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    Exploring Izmir - Life on the Aegean
    TT&W Team
    • Jan 29, 2021
    • 5 min

    Exploring Izmir - Life on the Aegean

    Similar to our time in Istanbul, Izmir just offered too many cool experiences to not include a catch-all post about life there. So,...
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    The Izmir Asansor – A City’s Elevator
    TT&W Team
    • Jan 22, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Izmir Asansor – A City’s Elevator

    Personal elevators are cool. Personal elevators up the side of a cliff are cooler. Formerly personal elevators up the side of a cliff...
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    Touring Ancient Ephesus - Our "Letter to the Ephesians"
    TT&W Team
    • Jan 15, 2021
    • 7 min

    Touring Ancient Ephesus - Our "Letter to the Ephesians"

    Whether you go for religious, historical, or just aesthetic reasons, if you find yourself in western Turkey, make the trip to Ephesus....
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    Eating (Adventurously) in Izmir
    TT&W Team
    • Jan 8, 2021
    • 5 min

    Eating (Adventurously) in Izmir

    Anytime you visit a new town – especially a seaside one in another country – trying the local food is always a highlight of the first few...
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    Out of Ukraine - 20 Pounds Later...
    TT&W Team
    • Jan 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    Out of Ukraine - 20 Pounds Later...

    As with all family reunions, eventually our time in Ukraine had to come to an end. While certainly better than five-year gaps between...
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    Khortitsa Sich - A Day with the Cossacks
    TT&W Team
    • Dec 25, 2020
    • 6 min

    Khortitsa Sich - A Day with the Cossacks

    Cossacks - somewhat like dachas - have made plenty of appearances in Western popular culture, but most Americans (Chipp certainly...
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    A Day at the Dacha
    TT&W Team
    • Dec 18, 2020
    • 6 min

    A Day at the Dacha

    To many Westerners, Soviet dachas maintain a near mythical aura following a Cold War’s worth of media and pop culture references. From...
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    A (Georgian Food) Walk Down Memory Lane - Plus Some Tequila
    TT&W Team
    • Dec 11, 2020
    • 6 min

    A (Georgian Food) Walk Down Memory Lane - Plus Some Tequila

    After spending three months with the Marines living outside Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia (plus another seven months deployed to...
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    A Ukrainian Feast… and “Shout!”
    TT&W Team
    • Dec 4, 2020
    • 5 min

    A Ukrainian Feast… and “Shout!”

    If it’s not clear already, our lives largely revolved around food during our time in Zap. Family, sure. Booze, you bet. But food...
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    An Army-Navy Rivalry, Soviet Style
    TT&W Team
    • Nov 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    An Army-Navy Rivalry, Soviet Style

    As a Marine Corps officer commissioned out of the Naval Academy, Chipp basically kicked off his service in the deep end: What semester do...
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    A Ukrainian Family Reunion - and Food!
    TT&W Team
    • Nov 13, 2020
    • 5 min

    A Ukrainian Family Reunion - and Food!

    After exploring Istanbul - and learning a little about the travel/work balance on the road - we headed off to Zaporizhzhia (a.k.a....
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    Eating and Strolling through Istanbul, Part Two
    TT&W Team
    • Nov 6, 2020
    • 6 min

    Eating and Strolling through Istanbul, Part Two

    As promised, here’s Part Two, wrapping up our time in Istanbul. And, in a shameless plug for the city, most Turkish Airways flights fly...
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    Eating and Strolling through Istanbul, Part One
    TT&W Team
    • Oct 30, 2020
    • 5 min

    Eating and Strolling through Istanbul, Part One

    From the delicious meals - formal, streetside, and everything in between - to the aimless strolls through new neighborhoods, we couldn’t...
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    Chai with a Local and the Beauty of a Go-To Spot
    TT&W Team
    • Oct 23, 2020
    • 4 min

    Chai with a Local and the Beauty of a Go-To Spot

    With a heyday from the 80s to early 90s, Cheers may have been before our time, but that’s not to say it didn’t in some strange cosmic...
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    Embracing the "Murse" - a Lesson in Functionality (and Humility...)
    TT&W Team
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    Embracing the "Murse" - a Lesson in Functionality (and Humility...)

    Okay, so it’s time to address some social media comments / mocking… Yes, Chipp has embraced the “murse” (a.k.a. man purse, man bag,...
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    Just "Happy Little Accidents" - Travel, Bob Ross Style
    TT&W Team
    • Oct 9, 2020
    • 5 min

    Just "Happy Little Accidents" - Travel, Bob Ross Style

    Turns out that Bob Ross, in addition to being a great art teacher with some outstanding hair, had quite a zen philosophy for travel,...
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