Hello, my name is Amanda, a South African about to move to Ireland. This is my blog, where I post about my travels (hopefully many), my fabrications (I craft a lot), my dogs (love them to bits), and musings on culture shock, etc.

Arrival and Istanbul Day 0, Saturday, 19 June 1999 We boarded our plane (an overnight flight) with relief, because we had never phoned to confirm our flights (EDIT: gosh, remember […]

Well well well! I found my travel diary from 1999 while packing up my house to move! My mom and I backpacked our way through Greece and Istanbul.

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