From Ali
Hi everyone!
Sorry we are so lacking on pictures. The website has been giving us a little trouble with getting them uploaded, but we are trying to get some more up so you can see all of us having fun in Turkey!
Today we had Turkish lessons for a while in the morning (we can now say "Turkce konusuyorum" which means "I am speaking Turkish" and "Istanbul'a gitmek istiyoruz" which means "We want to go to Istanbul"). We also studied a Turkish menu, so now we know what we're getting at the ordering stage of our meals!
We split up into groups after that and us girls went off for a VERY yummy lunch with Luke while Sam and John went to have a "romantic meal" by themselves. The girls were all going to meet up and visit the Spice Bazaar after lunch.
It didn't exactly happen that way because we were really late getting to our meeting point and we just missed catching Sam. So we rode the TramVay over to Gulhane which is where the Spice Bazaar is and walked around in there for a while. We sampled tons of Turkish Delight! We got some souveniers and Mandy bought some perfume for a really good price. The man selling the perfume was telling us how to tell the difference between the real deal and the copy cat stuff, so he took one bottle, pointed to it, and said "Five lira" and spritzed it on Randa's arm. Then he took another bottle that looked the same, pointed to it, and said "Thirty-five lira" and spritzed it on Liz's arm. So Randa pretty much smelled like bugspray all day while Liz was smellin' good.
We went back to the boys' apartment afterward, hoping to catch Sam, but no one was there so we just sat outside. Eventually the landlord came by and was about to go in, but he recognized us and asked if we had a key (which of course we didn't). So he graciously went and found a key to let us in with. So we hung out there for a while, washed our feet because they were superbly dirty, ate some fresh domatestlar (tomatoes), watched some TV in English with Turkish subtitles. The guys finally came back (Sam in tow), so we sat around and talked and had a good time. We decided to make supper tomorrow night, so we worked out the details for that and started taking contributions for the "pot." The girls are fixing the main meal, and the boys are bringing baklava. I can't wait!
To friends and family:
I miss you all and think of you often.
Sorry we are so lacking on pictures. The website has been giving us a little trouble with getting them uploaded, but we are trying to get some more up so you can see all of us having fun in Turkey!
Today we had Turkish lessons for a while in the morning (we can now say "Turkce konusuyorum" which means "I am speaking Turkish" and "Istanbul'a gitmek istiyoruz" which means "We want to go to Istanbul"). We also studied a Turkish menu, so now we know what we're getting at the ordering stage of our meals!
We split up into groups after that and us girls went off for a VERY yummy lunch with Luke while Sam and John went to have a "romantic meal" by themselves. The girls were all going to meet up and visit the Spice Bazaar after lunch.
It didn't exactly happen that way because we were really late getting to our meeting point and we just missed catching Sam. So we rode the TramVay over to Gulhane which is where the Spice Bazaar is and walked around in there for a while. We sampled tons of Turkish Delight! We got some souveniers and Mandy bought some perfume for a really good price. The man selling the perfume was telling us how to tell the difference between the real deal and the copy cat stuff, so he took one bottle, pointed to it, and said "Five lira" and spritzed it on Randa's arm. Then he took another bottle that looked the same, pointed to it, and said "Thirty-five lira" and spritzed it on Liz's arm. So Randa pretty much smelled like bugspray all day while Liz was smellin' good.
We went back to the boys' apartment afterward, hoping to catch Sam, but no one was there so we just sat outside. Eventually the landlord came by and was about to go in, but he recognized us and asked if we had a key (which of course we didn't). So he graciously went and found a key to let us in with. So we hung out there for a while, washed our feet because they were superbly dirty, ate some fresh domatestlar (tomatoes), watched some TV in English with Turkish subtitles. The guys finally came back (Sam in tow), so we sat around and talked and had a good time. We decided to make supper tomorrow night, so we worked out the details for that and started taking contributions for the "pot." The girls are fixing the main meal, and the boys are bringing baklava. I can't wait!
To friends and family:
I miss you all and think of you often.
posted by Ali @ 1:14 PM
1 Comments:
At May 26, 2008 7:49 AM ,
Becky Owens said...
Loved the picture of you in your scarf! Glad you are having a great time--can't wait to hear all the details and see all your pictures! Argentine ice cream is awesome too--I saw the comment on one of the posts about the Turkish ice cream. All the Argentine food was great (dad will debate me about the oatmeal soup!) Love you much! Mom
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