*This is the same post on Facbook, so I apologiz if you've already read it. I promise my future posts won't be duplicates...
Hello, Friends! This has been one crazy week! Where to begin....Merhaba! That's hello in Turkish. I've learned some basic words, but I have not figured out how to navigate this keyboard wih all these extra symbols! Which means I can't log in to my email either! Oh my, what a steep learning curve!
I apologize for the longer post, but I have not had internet connection to post to Facebook or my blog.......in due time, in due time.
I left Denver on Sunday at 4:30pm and arrived in Tarsus via Denver to Chicago, Chicago to Istanbul, Istanbul to Adana, and a bus to my apartment .... yeah the one without internet...on Monday around midnight. Meeting on Tuesday at 9:00am...the driver arrived to pick up the four of us who live of campus. We were met with welcomes, smiles, and food. Tons of food...cheeses, breads...ekmet...simit, watermelon, tomatoes, cucumbers, coffee, tea. This is a typical European breakfast. So much food for our group! The good news is I won't starve! ;0
I'm sure you are all wanting pictures, but I have misplaced my camera and a few other technology items. Soon, I promise.
The week has been full of meetings, unpacking, setting up my apartment, Turkish lessons, training in Istanbul...that would make five flights in six days in case you were counting....more meetings, shopping for a bicycle and normal necessities, meeting new people, navigating a ridiculously crazy locking system on my front door...there are three locks which must be precisely turned three times and then I do the hokey pokey to unlock it...this does not include the locked door to the building which visitors are required to be buzzed into and the gate to the building. I'm safe. Repeat...I'm safe!
Just another example of my safety, Mira, my neighbor and fellow high school teacher, decided to walk home from school one day. We were fairly certain how to get home, but only by landarks as we don't know any street names yet. We got about five minutes from home, and we paused to discuss the final leg of our route. Our driver, Ramazan, pulled up along beside us. He had been secretly following us to insure our safe arrival home. I'm safe.
Again, I apologize for the length, the lack of pictures, and my rambling. Hope you all are doing well.
I apologize for the longer post, but I have not had internet connection to post to Facebook or my blog.......in due time, in due time.
I left Denver on Sunday at 4:30pm and arrived in Tarsus via Denver to Chicago, Chicago to Istanbul, Istanbul to Adana, and a bus to my apartment .... yeah the one without internet...on Monday around midnight. Meeting on Tuesday at 9:00am...the driver arrived to pick up the four of us who live of campus. We were met with welcomes, smiles, and food. Tons of food...cheeses, breads...ekmet...simit, watermelon, tomatoes, cucumbers, coffee, tea. This is a typical European breakfast. So much food for our group! The good news is I won't starve! ;0
I'm sure you are all wanting pictures, but I have misplaced my camera and a few other technology items. Soon, I promise.
The week has been full of meetings, unpacking, setting up my apartment, Turkish lessons, training in Istanbul...that would make five flights in six days in case you were counting....more meetings, shopping for a bicycle and normal necessities, meeting new people, navigating a ridiculously crazy locking system on my front door...there are three locks which must be precisely turned three times and then I do the hokey pokey to unlock it...this does not include the locked door to the building which visitors are required to be buzzed into and the gate to the building. I'm safe. Repeat...I'm safe!
Just another example of my safety, Mira, my neighbor and fellow high school teacher, decided to walk home from school one day. We were fairly certain how to get home, but only by landarks as we don't know any street names yet. We got about five minutes from home, and we paused to discuss the final leg of our route. Our driver, Ramazan, pulled up along beside us. He had been secretly following us to insure our safe arrival home. I'm safe.
Again, I apologize for the length, the lack of pictures, and my rambling. Hope you all are doing well.
oops! sorry for the typo in the first line! i really do know how to spell.
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