“Magic, religion, the occult — all of it — they are all excuses to not believe that wonders are possible here on Earth. I don’t want to be magic. I want people to understand that things they never dreamed of are possible.” –the invention of everything else by Samantha Hunt Meet Baxter the bear. Baxter…
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Since Neil won’t actually be around for February 14th, we took a special trip to Morrison’s… Moral of the story: never let a girl who has lived in Turkey for the last six months loose in a grocery store!
“Getting lost is just another way of saying ‘going exploring.'”
One more photo from last weekend: a reunion with Luke and Neil who I met in a hostel in Munich five years ago. Monday, we hung out all day and watched West Wing, ate split pea and ham soup and piri piri chicken sandwiches, and in the evening, we had dinner at Neil’s parent’s house…
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… 🙂
Wednesday night dance party and the start of my holiday
First I stole my students… And some boys… We match! Too much fun! (in the words of the great Elise!)
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…
Some highlights from the last few days…
Ezgi and me Omer makes an awesome Turkish breakfast: So silly! Omer, Selcuk, and Ezgi: Cleaning the new apartment: Goodbye old home
Boys like to play with fire in every country round the world
BBQ time! Turns out, the freezing cold is not enough to deter the Turks from BBQ-ing! I went over to Ömer’s house last night and the boys and Ezgi had prepared a feast! Adana kebabs on the long skewers and marinated wings and legs on the pressed thing. Salad and peppers and…! Ezgi’s new mustache!…
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…
Eat dessert first. 