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Visiting Cappadocia Turkey During the COVID-19 Pandemic

In our final weeks living in Istanbul during the COVID-19 pandemic, the country of Turkey re-opened domestic travel routes. We took this…

3 min readJul 29, 2020

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Visiting Cappadocia Turkey During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Robin & Mark | Wandering Griffins

Trying New Fruits in Turkey: What Are These Fuzzy Green Pods?

We encountered an intriguing new specimen at our neighborhood farmers market today. Alongside the darkly glistening mulberries, leggy…

3 min readMar 30, 2020

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Trying New Fruits in Turkey: What Are These Fuzzy Green Pods?

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Robin & Mark | Wandering Griffins

Living as Expats in Istanbul, Turkey: When Bigger Isn’t Better

After living as American expats for three life-transforming years in the wonderful country of Vietnam, we knew it would be unlikely for us…

5 min readFeb 16, 2020

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Living as Expats in Istanbul, Turkey: When Bigger Isn’t Better

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Robin & Mark | Wandering Griffins

Notes On Contrasts Between Da Nang, Vietnam; Istanbul, Turkey And Philadelphia, USA Part 2…

In Vietnam, the most common atmospheric sounds were the honking of motorbikes. Here in Turkey, it’s the beautiful, 5x daily Muslim Call to…

6 min readFeb 12, 2020

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Notes On Contrasts Between Da Nang, Vietnam; Istanbul, Turkey And Philadelphia, USA Part 2…

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Robin & Mark | Wandering Griffins

Notes On Contrasts Between Da Nang, Vietnam; Istanbul, Turkey And Philadelphia, USA Part 1: FOOD

We recognize it’s unlikely that you’ll travel from the US to Vietnam to Turkey any time soon. However, even if you’re never able to visit…

6 min readFeb 12, 2020

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Notes On Contrasts Between Da Nang, Vietnam; Istanbul, Turkey And Philadelphia, USA Part 1: FOOD

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Robin & Mark | Wandering Griffins

Trying New Foods In Vietnam: Bánh Trung Thu (Mooncake)

Tết Trung Thu…Mid-Autumn Festival…Moon Festival…Children’s Festival…they’re all names for an annual Vietnamese celebration that occurs on…

3 min readFeb 11, 2020

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Trying New Foods In Vietnam: Bánh Trung Thu (Mooncake)

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Robin & Mark | Wandering Griffins

Trying New Foods In Vietnam: Kem Bơ

When summertime is in full swing here in Da Nang, it’s evidenced by the surge of visitors to our local Chợ Bắc Mỹ An’s kem bơ stand. Kem…

2 min readFeb 11, 2020

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Trying New Foods In Vietnam: Kem Bơ

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Robin & Mark | Wandering Griffins

Trying New Foods In Vietnam: Ốc Lễ

We recently tried a local speciality at the Chợ Bắc Mỹ An that are as beautiful to look at on the outside as they are tasty on the inside…

3 min readFeb 11, 2020

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Trying New Foods In Vietnam: Ốc Lễ

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Robin & Mark | Wandering Griffins

Rice Field Homestay in Hoi An, Vietnam | June 21–25, 2016

We were over-the-moon delighted by every aspect of our time with Mike and Hanh at their Rice Field Homestay and couldn’t have had a better…

3 min readFeb 11, 2020

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Rice Field Homestay in Hoi An, Vietnam | June 21–25, 2016

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Robin & Mark | Wandering Griffins

Our Stay in Bai Xep, Vietnam at “Life’s a Beach” | June 8–12, 2016

After the muddy blur of our initial days convalescing from jet lag in Hanoi, we were ever-so-excited to put our renewed states of…

6 min readFeb 11, 2020

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Our Stay in Bai Xep, Vietnam at “Life’s a Beach” | June 8–12, 2016

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Robin & Mark | Wandering Griffins

Robin & Mark | Wandering Griffins

Former museum colleagues, now husband and wife, learning about world cultures through travel, ESL teaching and volunteering. Here to share tips and discoveries.

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