Istanbul

AFS TÜRKİYE 2009.

After Atatürks Palace we sat here eating Adana Kebap which is just.. not ok. Its like eating New York Steak in Nebraska. Just not the same. But the view was so wonderful and I was so hungry that it didn't matter.

Us from Adana at a 4 ın the morning flight. So all freezeing cold night we went and saw a bit of İstanbul. We went and ate Benn and Jerrys. Thanks you to me. I insisted on it and it was worth it. We saw that amazing bridge (one of them) the amazıng view at night. And the expencive shopps! All at 2 in the morning. Then we went to sleep in this ladys house. And she didnt even give us blankets or anything. And we were frezzing. I took the only one then snuggled so I was warm but for the others.. feel bad for them. Then we went and took a bus to the airport but dont ask me what happend cause I was dead. For the four days we were in Istanbul I sleept totall, 8 hours :) But anyways, İstanbul is really amzing. Go if you ever can.

Starbucks!!

So this boy likes to play this ridiculous card game. And who ever losses has to do some stupid dare. So after one boy had shaved his legs and this boy has perced his ear.. We were sitting and talking and I was like "I really have never meet anyone like you who would really do the dare that they were dared no matter what." Then I was thinking that I've never actually seen anyone run around in there underwear. So I dared him 20 ytl and he ran around the lobby in his underwear. We have a video. Will post soon.

Funny story. We 5 from Adana made a AFS t-shirt just in time for the Istanbul camp to make everyone jelous of us. And on the plane the whole time we just were writing messages to eachother on the back. It was like "ok 1-2-3 SWİTCH!!" But they turned out really neet!

In front of Atatütks Palace there is this gaurd that stands there, he's not allowed to move or blink. Me and Iceland and Costa Rica with the "stone man."

Getting in with our roots.

Me and Giulia with some of the boys on the beautiful beach.

I just got back from Istanbul for an AFS camp. We stayed in a really nice hotel right on the beach. Of corse the whole time it decieded to rain but the sea was beautiful. We left early Thursday morning from Adana then went to the hotel to meet everyone and also, funny story. We were all stating in the hallway up stairs and they said its time for lunch so I was getting into elevator and I was like I don't want to go alone so people got in and then I keept pulling more and more people in. Eventually we had 7 people squezzed into this tiny elevator. Then as soon as you can say "ıdk" something broke and we feel like 4 inches and the power cut and so we were stuck in the elevator cramped together for 30 mins.. But we lived.. and a nice story to tell. Besides I thought it was funny. (by the way it said plain as day: 4 kişi (four people) on the mirror of the elevator.. ups :) So the rest of the time we just stayed in the hotel, went to bed at 5 or later everynight. Talked, played stupid games, dared people to do stupid things, and try to help everyone with thier proplems. Then on Sunday we went into Istanbul and saw Dolma Bahçisi then sat in a cafe in Taxem square then we from Adana went and saw one of the bridges and walked around "bebek" (baby) the nicest part of Istanbul, at like 2 in the morning! Then I came back to Adana and sleept 23 hours strait... So it was fun but it was more of a serous camp and something to refresh you and give you hope for the rest of the year. But I love it, seeing my second family again!!