It seems a little strange to say this, considering the theme of my upcoming post, but I’m going to save my Ankara trip details for my next post. This post is dedicated to the last two-and-a-half hellish weeks of my life, starting the moment my mother told me that my father had been diagnosed with…
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Kısır in the kitchen
This week was a busy one. In addition to all of my classes, we got two new teachers (yay!), one from America and one from South Africa. We are all very excited they’re here, and hopefully not too overwhelmed! Their first day of teaching is tomorrow. Additionally, this weekend is my friend Ömer’s birthday, so…
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” (Einstein)
Happy Valentine’s Day! In honor of Valentine’s Day, I have finished writing about my England adventures. 🙂 I think I left off on Wednesday, after our incredible Morrison’s trip. Wednesday night we had drinks with James and Helen, two of Neil’s coworkers who I hadn’t met during my last Preston visit. We had a great…
Bilmemek ayıp değil, sormamak ayıp. (Not knowing is not shameful, but not asking is shameful.)
Hello all, My blog has mostly been a light commentary on my incredible travels – it’s an easy and convenient way to keep in touch with everyone at home. But I felt like I should add in some of my thoughts and opinions in honor of my halfway point here (seven months!)… I cannot believe…
London, baby!
Waiting for the train to London… “Smile.” Neil leans to the side. Click! Awful photo. “I didn’t know you were taking a picture of me.” Free snacks on the train! Tea, coffee, chips, and shortbreads. Happy kids 🙂 We got to London and arrived at Neil’s brother’s flat and ate lunch. We then went out…
What a trip…
Snow in Istanbul: De-icing the plane (2 hour delay at this point…) So we were two hours late at this point, but finally on the tarmac and getting ready to take off, when over the loudspeaker someone said, “If you’re a doctor on board, please identify yourself.” My heart dropped. There was no doctor so…
For all you Friends fans out there…
A plane leaving for Minsk!!! Cara, I’m thinking of you… 🙂
Gaziantep’de!
You all know that I am usually insanely busy, and the addition of moving and making new friends has not exactly slowed me down. That being said, I really want to get this post up before I go to England, so here goes! I left off (two posts ago) with Claire and Jeremy on their…
Mom in Turkey and Happy New Years!
What a crazy couple of weeks!! I’m extremely behind on my blogging, but it’s been so much fun so I’m not too sorry. I’ll start with December 11th… when my mom arrived… Mommy T in Turkey! My mom got here on a Sunday, tired but excited. I was so happy she was finally here. The…
Adana Cinema Museum and Istanbul!!
Imagine my surprise at showing up for my 5th-6th grade Thursday afternoon prepared to teach adverbs of frequency and time prepositions… And learning that actually, I am accompanying the students on a field trip to the Adana Cinema Museum. Surprise! Welcome to my job. The museum was small. It’s fairly new (i.e. none of the…
Her şeyin yenisi, dostun, şarabın eskisi. (All things are best when new, but a friend and wine are best when old.)
I am going to start this post off with some recipes because I am SUPER excited right now. So the back story is: we wanted a real Thanksgiving dinner in Turkey. Unfortunately, things like canned cranberry sauce or corn syrup (for the pumpkin pie!) just don’t exist. So first came the cranberry sauce… 200 grams…
Botaş verses BC Horizont
Most random night ever: Botaş (from Turkey) verses BC Horizont (from Belarus) Women’s professional basketball game. This story started last night when I was on the plane back from Manchester. I was sitting next to a young-ish looking man in a sports coat and tie and he was chatting with a really tall woman. You…
Eat dessert first. 