• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | ★★★☆☆
• Knives Out | ★★★★☆
• Parasite | ★★★★★

neighborhoods

• Balat: used to be bourgeoisie Greek Orthodox and Jewish families, beautiful old homes
• Galata: place to stay
• Moda: great cafes, Asian side
• Kadiköy: great restaurants, Asian side
• Sultanahmet: old part

sites

• Galata Tower: built in 1348 by the Genoese
• Topkapi Palace: former residence of sultans
• Archaeology Museum
• Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art

mosques and churches

• Yavuz Sultan Selim Masque: 16th c. mosque
• Hagia Sophia

• Herakleion hotel
• Chania hotel
• flight CHQ --> ATH
• Athens hotel
• ferry to Naxos
• ferry to Herakleion
• Herakleion hotel
• Ag. Nikolaos hotel
• Chania hotel
• flight CHQ --> IST
• Istanbul hotel
• London hotel

• Whole Foods Relax, lavender and eucalyptus
• Simpatico Reindeer
• WoodWick Humidor
• Our Own Candle Company Mulled Cider
• Wireback & Co. Cinnamon Chai

• Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
• The Vacationers by Emma Straub
• This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
• All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft by Geraldine Deruiter
• Hello Sunshine by Laura Dave
• Startup by Doree Shafrir
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
• Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
• A Secret History by Donna Tartt
• Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo
• 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote for Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
• The Finnish Way: Finding Courage, Wellness, and Happiness through the Power of Sisu by Katja Pantzar
• A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
• One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
• The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
• The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin

• Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn
• Helsinki, St. Petersburg
• Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca, Sofia
• Tirana, Kotor, Dubrovnik
• Stockholm, Oslo, Bergen
• Alexandria, Cairo, Luxor
• Istanbul, Izmir
• Cape Town + surroundings
• Zanzibar, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Serengeti
• Tokyo, Palau with L
• Bangkok, Angkor Watt
• Bogota + surroundings
• Cuzco, Macchu Pichu

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