Woke up at 0700, had breakfast downstairs Language lesson with Emre, worksheets. Lecture by KSU Alum over recent Turkish history Drove along Hippodrome, ancient racing track. Saw ancient Egyptian and Greek oblisks(sp?) near Ayasofya and Blue Mosque Tour of Topkapi Sarayi (Topkapi Palace) the palace of Ottoman Sultans for hundreds of years and source of
Today was a little shorter because our group has on average only been getting about 6 hours of sleep a night …there’s just so much to do! I talked with Megan in Germany last night for about seven or eight minutes (2 euro per minute, yikes!). Here is what we did today: Woke up at
Today was again a very busy and exciting day. Just a little information on our guides: Tuna, Arzu, and Emre have been helping us since the beginning of our trip. Arzu and Emre have been alternating days teaching us Turkish. All three have taken our group out for tours. They’re all very helpful and friendly.
It was another busy day in Istanbul today. Our group continued to work on our Turkish skills and interact with the local people with some success. Here was our itinerary:-Woke up at 0700 and ate breakfast at the hotel Had our second Turkish lesson and lecture, this time over the history of the Turkish people
Woke up at 0700, showered, ate breakfast downstairs at hotel (cheese, orange juice) Had first Turkish language lesson by Azul (greetings, letters, numbers) Lecture on the Kurdish Problem in Turkey Visited first mosque (smaller one) in downtown Istanbul – girls had to wear scarves Listened to architecture, traditions of mosque by Tuna Saw world’s first
Well, I’m laying on my bed at the hotel in Istanbul typing away at my PDA for this post.The country of Turkey is absolutely beautiful with all it’s history and culture.Here is a short recap of my trip so far: Take off from OKC to Detroit Land in Detroit and frantically run from Terminal C
I will be traveling to Turkey as part of my summer PDT between my AS300 and 400 years in Air Force ROTC. I will be gone for close to two weeks in Istanbul with fifteen other cadets and one cadre member. This PDT is a ‘cultural immersion’ program where our group will be visiting and
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