tulips

If you've been enjoying my posts about life in Istanbul, you'll love my new book "Waiting for the Tulips to Bloom: Adrift in Istanbul". Get the real story behind my move to Istanbul! Click on the link to buy your copy now. Waiting for the Tulips to Bloom: Adrift in Istanbul: Lisa Morrow...

We think Tulips come from Holland. Right? Wrong? Or at least, they haven't always. Tulips come from Turkey, the only country in the world to call one of its major eras of national history—the years 1700 to 1730— the "Tulip Period." And how that era got its name and now the tale. Tulips, even...