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Read more about the article Vignettes of my time in Türkiye, 2022<br><span style='font-size:.8em;'>Enjoying friendly exchanges with strangers</span>
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Vignettes of my time in Türkiye, 2022
Enjoying friendly exchanges with strangers

In my post "Sign Language," I wrote of a very friendly hotel cleaner. That was just one of many friendly encounters in Türkiye. The most…

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2022-08-31

Vagabond Pat

Pat taking a selfie June 2022
"Eternally single" and most often solo, with great talent for enjoying life, age no matter. I thrive on numerous passions: travel, classical music and opera, healthy gourmet food whether dining out or cooking in for friends old or new, wine, learning and using foreign languages, creating websites, teaching English, reading history and visiting historic sites, researching genealogy. It doesn't always take two! I hope my posts will encourage anyone hesitating to explore new places to forge ahead and JUST DO IT.

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Le  Mans

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O'Fallon, MO

UP NEXT:
Paris

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Pat Patterson 2022

VagabondPat is the handle I chose after selling my home in Virginia, which I ran as Heaven Scent Bed and Breakfast from 2004 to 2021. I'm choosing to take a couple of years to decide where next to live. I've been thinking France, but it's not the only option, though it's where I'm looking first. Once I settle, I'll blog about the international move. You can follow as I settle into a new community abroad. I'll keep traveling as long as I can, as much as I can, possibly with short-term home swaps. I look forward to sharing cooking videos when I've got my own kitchen again and am exploring new food markets and trying local recipes. Always, I'll be looking for all the good concerts I can get to, and sharing those music events here.

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