Kathryn's Blog Posts
An Ode to Good Health, Rafik, and the Joys of Modern Medicine
When you pack your bags, fly half way across the world and save up for months, the last thing you want to do is spend your trip sick in bed. And you definitely don’t want it to happen when you’re stuck in a hospital where no one speaks your language, your fever is racing, and [...]
Turkish Delights
If you want to find the Berk Family on a Sunday night it’s pretty easy to track us down: look no further than Anatolia Restaurant in Nashville, TN. Only a few blocks from my house, my family’s been having weekly Turkish feasts there ever since the restaurant opened. Addiction is a strong word, but I’d [...]
Eating through Thailand
Thai food isn’t lacking in flavor. There’s enough delicious curries, fresh made noodles, spring rolls, zesty papaya salads and spices to make your head spin. It’s the type of food that you bite into and the flavors are so deliciously out of control that you have no idea how such a concoction could possibly be [...]
Letting it Hurt So Good
Most people’s daily routine doesn’t involve getting an hour massage. And when most people get a massage, they aren’t paying $6 an hour for it. And that’s because most people aren’t in Thailand. A source of pride and spiritual well-being, traditional massages are an important part of Thai culture. Throughout the cities and all along [...]