Day 1

i hope i can think of more interesting titles as time goes on.....okay so i arrive in Turkey and the weather= amazing. its like perfection with a slight breeze to cool the air but the temp had to be mid 80s i didn't do much except get to know some other international students and 1 Turkish student who just turned 22! we went to Taksim and ate good tasting but still healthy food and starbucks....which yet again proves no matter where you go... there you are. i can always get my typical caffeine fix. good ole corporate america! but sitting on the side of the raod watching a protest in the heart of the city was surreal....i felt like i should be in a documentary about vacation spots. the lights and the action was what you see on travel channel .but today was fun.....in a very real down to earth way. i ate croissants in a cafe with cappucino; and i went to a german bookstore and found some really interesting turkish myths. i took a ferry ride all over the bosphorus and saw a major smog cloud. it felt like everyday life, i even got to talk to a little girl whose name was sophia and the only english words she knew were...what is your name. and i knew even less turkish...so the conversation was mostly hand gestures and genuine smiles. there is so much i want to say but i want to have time and put effort into diagnosing this culture here and adapting is essential before i make any statements regarding it....on that note i realize this was a fairly useless blog but i just wanted to make a point: i am in turkey!