Retire in Istanbul, Turkey!

Lisa Morrow is a Travel writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, CNN Travel, The Guardian, and BBC Travel to name a few. She grew up in a quiet leafy suburb of Sydney, Australia but caught the travel bug at a young age. With a world to choose from, Lisa, and her husband Kim, fell in love with Istanbul, Turkey, the land of grand empires, monumental mosques, breathtaking churches, stately palaces, and where fortune tellers use live rabbits to foretell futures. Find out what attracted Lisa and Kim to Istanbul on Episode 194 of Retire There with Gil & Gene – Link in bio.

Lisa’s website is https://www.insideoutinistanbul.com/.

She has authored a guide book titled Istanbul 50 Unsung Places and her memoir is Istanbul Dreams: Waiting for the Tulips to Bloom. Go to Amazon for a list of all of Lisa Morrow’s books on Turkey.

Lisa also created and produced an audio self-guided walking tour called Stepping Back Though Chalcedon: Kadikoy Walk.

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