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Cold water swimmers converge on Bled

Some 1,000 swimmers from all over the world have gathered at the lakeside town of Bled to take part in the 13th Winter Swimming World Championships this week. The oldest among them is about to turn 88.

The participants come from 31 countries, most of them from Finland, the UK, Germany and Denmark, but there are also swimmers from Argentina, Mongolia and Morocco.

Turkish female thrillseeker motorcyclist to pen memoirs in book

Following her adventurous trip to 45 countries in five continents on a motorcycle, Asil Özbay, a 35-years-old academic from the western province of İzmir's Gediz University, is now preparing to collect her years of experience into a book titled "Anın İçinde Rutinin Dışında" (In the Moment Out of Routine).

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