Preview of blog posts to come…

So, we have a lot to catch up on. Nicole and I are going to try to fire off as many blog posts as we can over the next six weeks. Here is a list of things we have decided to post on:

• Istanbul: What it’s like living in the big city, what we think of the sights
• Our apartment and neighborhood in Istanbul: going to sleep to thumping techno beats
• Our trip to Plovdiv, Bulgaria: How awesome and cheap it is there–especially the wine
• Turkish food and beer: Kebap, mezzes, and Efes
• Working out in Istanbul: Nicole’s aborted attempts to exercise outside of the apartment. And relatedly, sexism in Turkey
• Rooftop terraces in Istanbul
• California budget crisis
• George’s solo trip to Ankara
• The difficulties of researching in Turkey and researching American politics in Turkey
• How reading U.S. political news causes Nicole to have a mental breakdown
• Istanbul nightlife
• Prince’s Islands: no cars allowed!
• Turkey’s 2011 Election
• What it’s like for Nicole to live abroad for the first time
• Trip back to Kosovo
• Moving to Diyarbakir and exploring southeastern Turkey
• Ranked Choice Voting, democratic legitimacy, and racial politics in Oakland
• Redistricting-a-palooza in California