Friday June 8th, 2012: class, nothing too spectacular,
just living the lifeJ
Saturday June 9th, 2012: AHH THE HAGIA SOPHIA IS
AWESOOOMMMEEEEE. The Topkapi Palace was a tad bit overrated, but still legit.
Pictures don’t do either of them justice. They were both expensive (25 TL each,
ouch) but worth it. We had lunch at a place that had been around since the
1920s, and that was pretty neat. Found out one of the girls in our class is
going to be in Jax from July-Sept, so I hope to meet up with her when I’m back
up at school. After our day on the Euro side, we went back to the dorms to grab
overnight/next day stuff, and headed back to the euro side for a night out. On
the ferry ride there, I saw two dolphins (Nihan flipped because it’s rare to
see them, and this trip we’ve seen them twice!) and the sunset over the city
was amazing, and two musicians started playing, and it was just one of those
magical moments where life is just pretty freaking awesome. We had an
interesting night at Urgher’s place, poor Ian sprained his ankle, but a good
time was had by all.
Sunday, June 10th, 2012- we slept in a bit, and
then Ian and some others went back to the dorm (Ian bc he couldn’t really walk,
the others to drop stuff off) and Kristen, Kyle, Emre and big Urgher started
the trip to the islands. On the busride over the Bosporus (there are two
bridges connecting the city, and you can take the ferries too), traffic was
stopped for a bike race. That was fun. Then while we waited for the others by the
ferry, we got cheesy toast and fresh squeezed oj as a brunch. Yummy. The others
caught up, and we headed out on the 45 min ferry ride. Istanbul is just awe
inspiring, how huge it is, and how blue the water is too. The islands in Greece
were nicer to swim in, because this one was a hike and 13.50 TL to get to the
beach, but the water was icy cold and refreshing. It was sharp rocks and seaweed,
but clear and blue and cold too. Made seeing the jellyfish an adventure, to be
sure. We splashed around for a bit (we got to the island 1ish, but not to the
beach until 2ish) and then laid out, and then got some food because we were
ravenous. This was the most Greekish food I’d had yet, and it was yummyJ Expensive, bc it was
an island, but yummy. The ferry ride back was peaceful, Istanbul is crazy to
look at, and then we pretty much just all chilled in the study room uploading
pictures to FB. I got to Skype with my good friend O, and chat with my momma,
so those made me happy too. All in all, pretty nice weekendJ
Monday, June 11, 2012: Class was ok today. We had two guest
profs, a guy and a girl, and they were both a little condescending. The guy
mostly talked about history, which we’d mostly heard before, and the girl
talked about the Turkish political system, which is way different than America’s.
I was interested in that, but not everyone else was, so there were lots of dozing
people. Came back to the dorm and typed this up, and now it’s study/review time
for our final exam tomorrow! After the final, we have a trip to Cannakle on Wednesday,
and idk how the internet will be over there. But the plan is leave for Cannakle
wed, tour stuff thurs, idk fri and sat, and then leave Sunday and get back to
Yeditpepe at night. Then Monday, we have a few last sightseeing things in
Istanbul (maiden’s tower and the Galata tower I think) and Tuesday our plane
leaves the airport at 6:30 am, so we probably need to leave the uni at around 3
am. Yuckkkyyy. I can sleep when I’m dead, though, right? :)
Hugs and kisses to everyone I love and miss!!! <3
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