Quick post!

Hey everyone! I really wanted to update last week but my internet didn't work for 5 days so that was not an option! I finally have it now but I've been busy running around preparing for my mom's arrival!! She gets here tomorrow morning, and I can't wait to see her. She came to Istanbul about 14ish years ago, and this will be the first time she's been here since I've been here. It will be so fun to go around to places with her that I've been talking about and to meet the people she's been hearing about for over 1.5 years. I have to admit I'm also excited about the goodies I've been ordering her to buy me...Unfortunately my camera is acting up so I'm not sure how much documentation there will be of her visit but you know me, I HAVE to have a camera all the time so I might have to run out and buy one tonight...we'll see! Here are some random shots from the last couple of weeks:



Before my Turkish exam one of the students brought some delicious cinnamon cake. I managed to pass the exam, thank goodness! It's a relief that class is over, I enjoyed it, but it did make for a busy day. Now I'm full time at WSI which is taking a little getting used to.



One night I went over to Cengiz and his sister's house. Of course his sister had prepared a lot of food, even though it was 10:30 at night. There was some delicious borek and chocolate cake and of course tea. And naturally, when I left the next morning, she packaged a bunch of it up for me to take home and share with my co-workers, who also really enjoyed it.







I felt like going on a ferry last week, so I went from Besiktas to Kadikoy, which is on the Asian side. On the ferry I ran into a good friend who was meeting another mutual friend, so I had lunch with them for a bit then headed out to wander on my own. And yes, that is a pile of onion rings in front of me. Sorry!

Last weekend Cengiz performed at a show (it's a long story) at a gym nearby. He did a Body Combat class with 2 other trainers who came from France (?? not quite sure) and it was so cool to see him up on the stage in front of a crowd of people. He led one of the tracks and the audience/members absolutely loved him. Hee hee I'm like a proud mother - sorry! My pictures really didn't turn out well but I'll upload a couple of short videos later - now off to work!





That's him on the left