Halloweenless

Today is Halloween back home, but in Turkey it's just the last day in October. Meh, I can live without Halloween. Check out my uncostumed and uncandycorned weekend recap here:

After proctoring a midterm exam on Friday morning, I went to my Turkish lessons. This time we covered the differences between conjunctions (but, yet, however, because, therefore, ect.). It's tricky, and I'll need to spend some time on the topic, for sure.

This 3rd grade Turkish book is a little much for me.

I sometimes know what this says. Only sometimes, though.

Istanbul

This past weekend I got my first taste of Istanbul. As Turkey's largest city, this cultural powerhouse is a far cry from Afyon. Needless to say, I was impressed and will definitely be returning to check out the numerous sites the city has to offer. Unfortunately it poured rain both days we were there, but we persevered. Saturday was my birthday and Sunday was the Istanbul Marathon, so in spite of the rain the Fulbright crew had good times.