Ali's time in Ankara

I flew to Ankara on Saturday to spend a few days with my friend Burçak. On Sunday we went to her English class and then to Ankara Castle. It was the sweetest castle! You can see from the pictures that a lot of it is still intact. After the castle we visited two museums. The first one was so cool and we took a lot of pictures. The second museum was one Mandy would have loved to see--lots of history. It documented Turkey down through the ages. It was pretty neat. Sunday night the extended family came over for a ´barbecue´--they grilled hamburgers and we had a bunch of other Turkish food. It tasted so yummy (lezetle in Turkish).



I got a little sick last night into the morniıng, but Burçak nursed me back to health and I am feeling much better. Of course I miss the rest of the group in Istanbul, but I am so thankful to have the opportunity to spend some time wıth Burçak and her family as well as see Ankara. It ıs a beautiful city situated right next to a bunch of mountains. It is a very large city but not as crowded or fast-paced as Istanbul. I feel like I could drive a car here without fear...I don´t think I could say that about Istanbul!

To all my friends and family: I miss you all very much!



~Alyssa