Of all the words you could use to describe our lives, ordinary never seems to make the list. Nevertheless, the fact is that this project is essentially a continuous search for just that. By taking each country 90 days at a time, finding work and housing and local friends, we’re always trying to learn what ordinary life means around the world. In just a couple of short weeks, we will be joined by two new team members, and this is my admonishment to them– don’t be surprised when life isn’t constantly surprising.

Warning: If you’re in Turkey, like me, the government has banned YouTube, so you might need kTunnel to watch the following videos.

Grocery shopping is exactly the same here.

Sometimes, you need an iPod to kill time.

A lot of life is comprised of meaningless stories and uninteresting tangents.