Best Istanbul neighborhoods for traveling with a baby
Istanbul is a wonderful place to travel with children, as Turkish people are some of the most baby-friendly in the world. My daughter Vera was born in Istanbul and spent most of her… Read More
Tag Archive: expat
8 Comments
Surfacing: KUAT comes home
So it’s been a month (or two, eek) since we’ve been around these parts, but if you’ve followed us on Twitter or Facebook, you can see we haven’t exactly been cooling our heels.… Read More
Happy Birthday/Mutlu Yillar Vera!
Last week in Istanbul, we celebrated a big milestone: my baby Vera’s first birthday. Since she’s such a jetsetter, we wanted a travel theme for her birthday party, with a nod to her… Read More
Flying with a baby made fun and easy!* Part two: Be prepared
My last post on flying with a baby had to do with timing, both the age of the child and the time of the flight. This next article has to do with packing… Read More
Flying with a baby made fun and easy!* Part one: timing
*Okay, so every baby is different and I can’t guarantee that flying with a baby can be fun or easy, but the nightmare of spending hours trapped with a screaming, smelly infant on… Read More
Baby-friendly places: nobody beats the Turks
Have you ever been in an office (especially one with many women) where someone brought in a puppy? Everyone crowds around, cooing and petting the puppy, perhaps taking photos and telling stories about… Read More
Applying for a baby’s passport abroad
If you are planning on traveling internationally with your baby (and if you are visiting this site, I assume you are), it makes sense to apply for your child’s passport as early as… Read More
