A Year in Review

Apologies in advance for the long post!

January: A familiar red cup to warm up the spirits

Christmas flavours, yes please!

I was still adjusting to the Turkish way of life. Tomatoes for breakfast were still a complete mystery to me although I was quite enjoying the other aspects of Turkish cuisine. Since there is nothing much to do in Ankara other than food and shopping, I was exploring the culinary delights of the city and indulging myself in buying whatever I wanted but certainly did not need. Now, I regret that but it was my way of coping in a city where nothing was familiar other than Starbucks. I was happiest when I was sipping my filter coffee sat in one of the comfy sofas at Starbucks – what’s best (or worst) about international food chains, they are the same everywhere you go, down to their playlist.

Drama to Munich

Now here was a trip that took more than it should have to be realised. Originally it had been something my boyfriend and I had booked to celebrate my birthday, up until the point I ended up boyfriend-less (for various complicated reasons) with flights and hotels already paid for. It didn’t make any sense to cancel the trip and well there is no better cure in my opinion than travelling to get over a breakup (and I have definitely been travelling more since). There were a few more hiccups along the way when my flights got cancelled due to a Lufthansa pilot strike, which took a while and more than a few tears to get sorted and there I was, finally on my way. I had managed to convince my cousin living in Heidelberg to come down for a day and the remaining two days I spent with a friend of mine and her boyfriend already living in Munich.