It's amazing just how quickly time flies. It will soon be TWO months since we arrived. I keep saying (In Turkish) that we've only been back a month, so my Turkish isn't very good yet, but really, it's just that my Turkish isn't very good.
We are gearing up for the colder, wetter months ahead. Yesterday, we had a truly exhausting day going to a mall. Lily needs some kind of shoe that will keep her feet dry and relatively warm. We could go to the pazar (bazaar), but the quality is notoriously bad. Anything imported has large taxes imposed, so you really have to SHOP around. Since I HATE shopping, and HATE malls in particular, it makes things difficult.
I was hoping to post some pictures from the trip, but I forgot my cell phone!
So, I'll post some from a different trip, and add mall pics another time.
We walked out to the bus stop just outside of campus. Here are Lily and Jasper doing just that about a month ago:
And below are a few pics taken while on the bus. They are of Sariyer, the little town at the bottom of the hill where we live. I guess that sounds pretty rustic. It's not really a hill, nor is it that little a town. I was thinking nostalgically about the way things have changed just since we first arrived. Sariyer used to be a farming area, and the town was more of a fishing village. The fishing boats still exist, but it's not much of a village, and the area we used to only be able to ride a mini-bus through, is now a burgeoning, middle-class neighborhood filled with fancy apartment buildings with gates and concierges. (conciergi? conciergie? What is the plural?) Yes, not only the upper echelons of society need their security!
From the bus:
We are gearing up for the colder, wetter months ahead. Yesterday, we had a truly exhausting day going to a mall. Lily needs some kind of shoe that will keep her feet dry and relatively warm. We could go to the pazar (bazaar), but the quality is notoriously bad. Anything imported has large taxes imposed, so you really have to SHOP around. Since I HATE shopping, and HATE malls in particular, it makes things difficult.
I was hoping to post some pictures from the trip, but I forgot my cell phone!
So, I'll post some from a different trip, and add mall pics another time.
We walked out to the bus stop just outside of campus. Here are Lily and Jasper doing just that about a month ago:
And below are a few pics taken while on the bus. They are of Sariyer, the little town at the bottom of the hill where we live. I guess that sounds pretty rustic. It's not really a hill, nor is it that little a town. I was thinking nostalgically about the way things have changed just since we first arrived. Sariyer used to be a farming area, and the town was more of a fishing village. The fishing boats still exist, but it's not much of a village, and the area we used to only be able to ride a mini-bus through, is now a burgeoning, middle-class neighborhood filled with fancy apartment buildings with gates and concierges. (conciergi? conciergie? What is the plural?) Yes, not only the upper echelons of society need their security!
From the bus:
There's a Micky D's umbrella, but no Micky D's.... yet.
A view down a side street.
Looking towards our favorite Lokum (Turkish Delight) shop.
And here's a few pictures from a mall that we went to earlier in the month:
Yup. Krispy Kreme Donuts are in many malls here.
And while I'm at it, I'll share 2 pictures from the metro that same day. Both are Turkish women, and I think the juxtaposition illustrates the changes, and rifts that are growing in Turkish society:
Tats, new phone, dark glasses, jeans.... She could be anywhere.
Covered literally from head to to in black (except for the designer purse and matching trim on her scarf). This look is brand new here. It used to be that anyone you saw like this was a visitor from the Emirates, but now, you never know!
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