In case you were not already aware, the 2017-2018 school year for FCPS schools starts on Aug. 28. This means that students will have to wake up early, hit the books, and be ready to work for almost 10 months in less than two weeks. Seems like a pretty daunting task, right? Well, it doesn’t have to...

Our second and last day in Cappadocia involved a lot of walking, namely in the form of a four kilometer hike through the Kizilcukur valley. Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side; our entire trip was marked by unusually warm weather for this time of the year. However, we did get some respite...

Following our adventures in the plethora of bazaars Turkey has to offer, we took a flight to Cappadocia, located in central Turkey, it is know for its hotels, rock formations and hot air balloon business.

Learning to drive can be taxing. Yet after skiing on double black diamond slopes in elementary school and tumbling down the moguls with no one else nearby, to me it feels like a breeze. I think I treat it a little too much like Mario Kart. Cue the parents hollering at me to slow down when the red li...

Today in Istanbul, we visited the Spice Market and went on a boat ride on the Bosphorus Strait.