When I first discovered the magical world of blogging somewhere in April 2012, I’d started posting my funny little stories about life as ex-pat living in Altinkum, Turkey. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect and thought I’d be a bit of a Billy No Mates with the odd person accidentally discovering the blog on a rare occasion when they were searching for something far more interesting. So I was delighted when gradually I was joined by people who shared in my humour and when some of my fellow bloggers enquired how I came to be living in Turkey,the Honeymoon stories were born. On the recommendation, of another blogging friend, I indexed them all below for easy access, should anyone want to read them. For those of you that do, I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them, here’s the story so far:
In The Beginning (Part One)
Sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck
Part Two
When one door closes ………… pack your bags & fly away!
Part Three
When life hands you pineapples, make pina coladas!
Part Four
In life you’re either a passenger or a pilot; your choice!
When Is A Honeymoon Not A Honeymoon Part One
Cinderella is proof that a new pair of shoes can change your life
Part Two
Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince & dinner like a pauper
Part Three
Do you ever wish you had a second chance to meet someone again for the first time?
Part Four
Cocktails; because no great story ever began with a salad
Part Five
Be a traveler not a tourist
Part Six
Work like a captain, play like a pirate
Part Seven
Every new friend is an adventure; the start of more memories
Part Eight
Shake it like a polaroid picture
Part Nine
The first step to living the life that you want, is leaving the life that you don’t want
Part Ten
May all your holiday blues be the ocean & the sky
Part Eleven
Because not all witches live in Salem
Part Twelve
Gardeners know all the best dirt
Part Thirteen
Loving & losing; different only by one letter & a million degrees of pain
Part Fourteen
Somedays you just want to unleash all your flying monkeys
Part Fifteen
Sometimes, just sometimes when people say forever they mean it
Part Sixteen
Dear Past, thank you for your lessons & Dear Future I’m ready & p.s. thank you for another chance
love it! much easier to find the Honeymoon series…
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And I have you to thank for it!
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😉
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Bless you – I’m all choked up! My Dad was touched too and said anytime you need shelves – just give him a shout! Have a wonderful & safe holiday my friend and hope to hear from you in the New Year.
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I’m writing a novel now, third of a series, that is set in your part of the world. I’d like to learn a lot from you if I have a question or two sometime, if you don’t mind.
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How exciting, of course I’d be delighted to help you and if I can’t I can probably put you in touch with someone who can – happy writing
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Finally got to read the Honeymoon saga in all its 16 parts. Love your writing Dallas, it has humour, heartache, passion, empathy, love and suspense, all the essential ingredients for a good tale. Just wish you could have been spared the heartache though.
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Oh bless you were brave; hope I didn’t send you sleep or put you off weddings for good but you know I think it changed me in ways I didn’t think possible & I got to live in Turkey!
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Wait! Now I have to figure out what happens next!
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I’m in the process of writing it all up but in the meantime, I put some of our adventures on Tinky Town Tales (Tinky= Altinkum)
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holy cow! them’s a lot of parts to this story!! best get to it then….starting with the beginning and we’ll see how far I get 🙂
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Feel bad now as you’re poorly, hope you’re not disappointed!
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not so far! I’m feeling better now and kinda looking forward to a day of sitting around….tho so many thoughts of what I “should” do keep popping into my head….
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I did it!!! Read all 16 blogs back-o-back!!! What an amazing story! Thank you for sharing it with us…Funny thing; I need to make some tea now 😉
Sherri-Ellen & Nylablue x0x0
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Bless you for having the patience to read through it all; looking back what an incredible rollercoaster ride it was. Tea; another thing we have in common!
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My Nanna was raised in Manchester, England between 1910-1923 & altho of European Jewish descent she & her Mother learned the fine art of making tea in a crisis…..
it skipped a generation with my Mother but I caught thte ‘tea’ fever early on…lol…..
As for reading all the stories I did not find it difficult at all; rather your writing is so refreshing I just wanted to read the next part & the next & the next…
Is there a continuation to the story or is it just interwoven into the fabric of your daily blogging??
Sherri-Ellen & Nylablue x0
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I’d like to think my story’s not over yet but I do write about the fam, the four legged friends & the village crazies a lot! Haven’t been run out of our hometown just yet so am going to keep going. Most of my village stuff is in Tales of the Allotment & the Turkish in Tinky Town Tales but a lot is interwoven. So what inspires you?
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Love the stories and the layout of your posts – very clear and easy to access. As you know, you have inspired me to start writing my own blog and there is much I can learn about ‘blogging’ from you. Thank you for sharing 🙂
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I can’t take the credit for the layout as I got some sound advice from some other great bloggers and I’ve changed it a couple of times since I started which is the great thing about wordpress
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