from Matt

I’ve only been here eleven days, and the trip has already been an incredible learning experience for me. The culture and subcultures in Turkey are vastly different from anything I’ve ever experienced on an overseas trip before. The Turkish people have been friendly and very willing to aid us in the formation of our ethnography. Lance did an admirable job in covering just how amazing the food is, and the city’s majestic setting on two continents is almost unrivaled. I feel like I’m compiling a reference similar to those found on the jackets of bestsellers, but I speak (or type, rather) the truth when I say that Turkey is definitely a candidate for further work for many in our group.
Due to unreliable Internet connections, I haven’t been able to communicate very much with my friends and family back home, so consider this your shout-out. Mom and Dad, Jon and Summer, Ginger and Dead Flappy, and my dearest Bethany Lynn, I love you all and miss you more than Wendy’s Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers. Keep it real ‘til I return, and no, Mom, I haven’t died yet.
More to come!

Matt Thompson