So, I am tired, and not in a writing and detaily mood. Suffice it to say the other new intern and I had a fun day wandering the city. We went to the roman baths, no great pictures, then missed a few small things we weren't looking very hard for on our way to the Ankara Citadel. It's just an old walled up part of the city with narrow winding roads and a tower on each end. Behold the tower!
Oh! And when we got home we decided to investigate this rumor I heard that our building had a terrace. And it does! It's lovely and covered in that fake green stuff that isn't quite astro-turf, and there's several barbecues, a bunch of chairs, and a little kitchenette. It will be perfect for parties when the weather warms up. Until then, more pictures of the view from there.
I also got an email from Rebecca tonight inviting me to go skiing with her and Eva tomorrow. I would like to go, but it's late, and I do have the opera tomorrow night. I'm thinking I'll bow out this time because they're leaving pretty early, and the ski lodge is pretty far away, and I don't want to be the one keeping them on a tight schedule, but it's nice to know that skiing is an option in the future. Other news from tonight, most of my weekend trips are all planned out. That includes:
Safranbolu - Turkey's best preserved Ottoman town
Konya - home of the Whirling Dervishes
Cappadocia - Turkey's top tourism destination outside Istanbul for... reasons
I might add Eskisehir to that list, but I don't really know what's out there yet. Either way, there's a high speed train (as there is to Konya), and high speed trains are lovely. Fingers crossed they'll be opening the one to Istanbul in the next month or two!
Or, well, pictures from the tower anyway. That last one is Mark, with the second tower across the way. He's the other intern. After the tower, we got lunch and walked home. Nothing fancy. The waiter at the restaurant was nice, and it was another of those awkward, "I don't speak much English," "What a coincidence, I don't speak much Turkish!" moments that always ends in lots of amicable awkwardness all around. So... also fun.
Oh! And when we got home we decided to investigate this rumor I heard that our building had a terrace. And it does! It's lovely and covered in that fake green stuff that isn't quite astro-turf, and there's several barbecues, a bunch of chairs, and a little kitchenette. It will be perfect for parties when the weather warms up. Until then, more pictures of the view from there.
I also got an email from Rebecca tonight inviting me to go skiing with her and Eva tomorrow. I would like to go, but it's late, and I do have the opera tomorrow night. I'm thinking I'll bow out this time because they're leaving pretty early, and the ski lodge is pretty far away, and I don't want to be the one keeping them on a tight schedule, but it's nice to know that skiing is an option in the future. Other news from tonight, most of my weekend trips are all planned out. That includes:
Safranbolu - Turkey's best preserved Ottoman town
Konya - home of the Whirling Dervishes
Cappadocia - Turkey's top tourism destination outside Istanbul for... reasons
I might add Eskisehir to that list, but I don't really know what's out there yet. Either way, there's a high speed train (as there is to Konya), and high speed trains are lovely. Fingers crossed they'll be opening the one to Istanbul in the next month or two!
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