Ah, travel in the tie-dyed good ol' days, when young travel junkies hosteled their way around the world. When all they asked were a dorm-style bunk bed and rented sheets, a bath down the hall or down the stairs, and a party-hearty crowd yukking it up from dusk to dawn.

I had been nervous about going to Turkey on my own until a friend asked if I would be her roommate on a short trip to Istanbul. We spent a couple of days in the countryside, holiday rentals france, too, and I found warmth and hospitality that exceed even those of our own gracious region.

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