Hi, I’m Rina from Tokyo, Japan, currently doing an exchange program in Australia. This is the first time for me to live abroad, but I’ve travelled a lot since I was a child including America, Australia, Fiji, Italy, Thailand, Taiwan, and South Korea.
This picture is from my last trip, when I went to Kyoto with my best friend.
“We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate.”
Pico Iyer
As Pico Iyer says, travelling allows me to ‘lose and find ourselves’, which means it broaden my perspectives every time by learning different cultures and meeting new people. This is what draws me to travel as well as what I hope to gain from my travels.
In this blog, I will focus on Turkey located in Western Asia. The title of this blog, “Marhaba”, means “Hello” in Turkish. It is one of the countries that I’ve wanted to visit since it’s known for beautiful architectures and great foods.
My aim is to introduce Turkish charms including its architectures, foods, customs and history to future travelers who have never been there, especially to you who want to travel by yourselves!
Merhaba Turkey! 