Antalya...continuing to be continued....

Look! I've gotten so fat I have 5 chins!


This was the market in Serik on Friday that I went to with Kubra, Merve, and Sinan's mother. It was large, and not annoying like the Grand Bazaar. People go there for their everyday shopping - everything from teapots to underwear is sold there. Sometimes we see a few foreigners, probably escaping from Antalya to see a "real" city. We always giggle and point them out when we see them.



If I can say so myself, I do like this photo. I would have to say this was probably my favorite thing I have eaten here already. It was a meat borek, and it was just absolutly delicious. It was only meat, onions, parsley, and black pepper but the borek it was wrapped up in was so good, and if you see the photo below, perfectly cooked. Perfect proportions of bread and meat and a perfect amount of pepper and onion. Ahh it was delicious. I think tomorrow I am going "to the village" to learn how to make bread and borek. Should be fun!



I've moved onto the past tense in Turkish, having sort of mastered the present continuous tense. Turkish is great in that it only really has 5 different tenses. I was accepted into the certification program which begins in a little over a week, and I have 50 Pre-Course tasks to complete before beginning - questions ranging from pronunciation difficulties learners may have to the dreaded tense identification (how many do we have? 12? 13?). I've found I prefer studing Turkish over completing these tasks.

Not much else to report. I put salt in Serdar's tea instead of sugar. I left an ink stain on the lovely lace tablecloth in the guest bedroom. I stepped on Sinan's mothers shoe and it came off when walking around Serik. His dad bought a bunch of avocados thinking I would like them because I am American, but it turns out none of us do. I'm having problems with the family thinking I am just eating everything to be polite, but not because I really like it, and I can't convince them that I really am enjoying everything I am eating. I'm here until February 6th, it will be sad to leave and start real life!