{"id":74,"date":"2015-07-10T17:41:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T17:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vuelveaviajar.com\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2022-04-22T18:01:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T18:01:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vuelveaviajar.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hi! I’m Ana, nice to meet you!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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I’m the girl behind www.anianywhere.com. \u201cAni\u201d because my real name (Ana), is too common, and \u201canywhere\u201d because it sounded good with Ani (and obviously because I could be anywhere too!)<\/p>\n

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In this blog, I write about things I love\u2026 Mostly about my favorite travels<\/a> and\u00a0the many reasons to visit Turkey<\/a> (where I’m currently based).<\/p>\n

I come from southern Spain but you’ll hardly ever find me there!<\/strong> Although I do love my country, I have a strong desire to travel and have been always longing for the unknown. This is why right now I prefer being an expat in Turkey than living in my comfort zone in Spain.<\/p>\n

I owe this wanderlust to my parents, not exactly because they love traveling but quite the opposite, they hate it! They rarely took me anywhere on vacation when I was a child. So, I grew up in my small town frustrated and always wondering, \u201cIs\u00a0this really all there is?\u201d <\/strong>Since childhood, I knew I would be a traveler and\u00a0once I was old enough to do it, I flew away.<\/p>\n

When I was 20, I had the opportunity to study abroad and moved to Germany, without even speaking a word of German! I really loved the experience and became obsessed with learning the language. Five years later, when I was finally fluent and life in Berlin was as easy as it could be, I got bored and packed my stuff again in search of a new adventure\u2026 I spent a couple of months in Istanbul and fell madly in love with the city. Shortly after, the company I was working for relocated me to Dublin (Ireland) where I spent 6 months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The truth is, I really liked my old job, but I couldn’t adapt to living in Ireland because I had a big crush on Istanbul.\u00a0 So, in October 2014, I finally decided to go for what made me happy and quit my job to move to Turkey. But, before doing so, I took some time off to travel Southeast Asia on my own and build the blog you are now reading.<\/p>\n

In this blog, I want to share experiences and tips for the places I love. I hope it will inspire those considering leaving everything behind to go for what really<\/i> makes them happy, and be useful to foreigners interested in moving to Turkey or really, to anyone looking for travel ideas. I will mostly share personal bits of advice about places I love and some tips regarding local life in Istanbul, the city of my heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

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