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2026
I was fortunate enough to enter 2026 in Tokyo, Japan, while returning from Roppongi to our rented house in Koto. One of the best things I’ve done since 2017 is to keep a short summary…
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The videos that set me off on this journey
Of course, what set me off on this nearly 2.5-month journey wasn’t just these videos—but the videos you’ll watch here were the ones that especially coincided with my high school and university years. Back then,…
Let the World Tour Begin
**Publication date of this article: May 4, 2025** If anyone follows this blog, they should know: in three months I’ll be turning 32, and in the meantime, next Friday, May 9, 2025, I plan to…
How to Find a Travel Sponsor
First, let me explain what I’m basing this post on. In the summer of 2017 we put together a 15-day Interrail trip, and I came back having spent a total of just €25, all in….
How to Get an Italy Schengen Visa — Documents & Process
In this post I’ll walk through how I got a Schengen visa. Three of us friends were planning an interrail trip between July 1–12, starting from Italy and looping through Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands…
Our Trabzon Trip
In this post I’ll cover both what we did in Trabzon and what you can do if you head there yourself. We flew to Trabzon in December 2017 with my friend Enes Beşinci. We booked…