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After a long wait the world cup finally arrived. Everything was so exciting untill England showed how pathetic they played and rightly kicked out by zee Germans but hey, we are used to getting beat at the world cup by them and give them the honour of winning something (not going to mention wars here).
With a fistful of quarter final tickets in hand we headed out on July 2nd on a direct flight from Istanbul to Jo'Burg. Flight was packed and had some Romanian sat next to me who asked if English ...

Starman is aStockport-born, cheese-loving, serial expat forum administrator who lives to make your experience of Turkey smoother, easier and more social. He's been in Turkey for about 17 years and believes drinking large quantities of Efes allows him to teleport to the south coast. He's technically the Sublime Portal's first member (due to installing the forum), followed by in April 2008 by Jonny and Spine. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Sublime Portal, here's Starman:


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Utabe is a cheese-loving, German-born supporter of any football team “that never plays”. She is our eleventh member, signing up for TSP in April last year. Since then she has averaged more than three posts a day, each of them either helpful, amusing, surreal or a combination of all three. She's active in the walking and photography groups and we're proud to make her the subject of our second chat.


TSP-What is your favourite colour?
UTABE-The only thing I have in common ...

Monkey is a London-born, Arsenal-supporting, middle-class cheese-eater who has lived in Turkey for seven years. He's The Sublime Portal's 24th member, joining up in April 2008, our first month of activity.


TSP-Why do you live in Turkey?
MONKEY-Because I fell in love with the country, the people and the way of life. It felt like home.

TSP-Describe an average day in the life of Monkey.
MONKEY-Leave home at 7.15, catch the boat across to Bebek. Work ...

A visit to the Amerikan Hastanesi yesterday turned out to be much, much more than I bargained for. I had taken my wife to register her for our imminent arrival and have a chat with the anaesthetist about the range of drugs available for childbirth. This went pretty smoothly and we had a tour of the facilities and were impressed with what was on offer. I was also impressed that the patient relations officer had been of some assistance to Dick Cheney in March of last year. I know this because she ...