Saturday night

Yay! Mr. Trainer returned this evening!! We've been looking forward to his coming all week. He arrived at the guys' apartment after we finished supper and dessert.

The food of the evening was interesting. We--the girls--were not able to locate spaghetti sauce, so we improvised by adding random (but purposefully chosen) ingredients to a can of tomato sauce. Feta cheese was the substitute for Parmesan. I don't know how to describe the garlic bread. We made sure there were plenty of veggies in the salad. Still, most of the food was eaten! The boys provided dessert - baklava and lokum (Turkish delight) - which was quite good. They also brought some kind of gummy candy on a stick that didn't impress anyone very much. We saved it for Mr. Trainer.

Our other events of the day included sleeping in rather than going to class. After cleaning our "homes," we walked down one of the busiest streets in Istanbul to find places that teach English. The guys had several good meetings with teachers, and the girls were able to meet with a manager for a while. She told us a lot about what is necessary to teach here, where the other good places are, and how they work with their current teachers.

We also found a great book store on the same street, and plan to go back there when quietness and AC is especially desired.

Our favorite part of the day was definitely having Mr. T. back and swapping stories with him from this last week. Now our team is complete!