This trip to Turkey became the ultimate tipping point. No longer in denial, I surrendered. Alas, I was free from myself. I embraced my lifel

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After all, despite the centuries, I was sharing their home, walking across the same floor they walked, climbing their stone steps.  If I lis

I smiled, went inside and ordered a macchiato.  The outspoken women followed me in and asked me in broken English where I was from.  When I

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Agde is a wonderfully peaceful setting and when you want to go to the beach to visit the touristy Cap d'Agde, you can take a taxi, the b