Woke up, the sun was shining and we were still not in Cyprus. Excellent, I am getting a whole night's sleep on this ferry I thought and fell asleep again. We arrived at 8 something
Continue ReadingMonth: April 2022
Karaman – Tasucu Thu April 26
Woke up and took a tour of the old hotel and found a shower. Haha, those 6 euro weren't needed after all! However, there was no light in the room, the water was cold and
Continue ReadingShaken to Karaman Wed April 25
Woke up, had a shower, wrote a note to my generous hosts, took my stuff and went to the bus station. I looked at the hundreds of erected buildings in the valley below me, thinking
Continue ReadingJapan Day Tue April 24
Yesterday I saw a poster advertising a "Japan Day" on the METU campus. Among other things there was information for Turkish students who were interested in studying in Japan. I felt this was an opportunity
Continue ReadingLast day of METUcon Mon April 23
I woke up in the guestroom. I took a look in the master bedroom and there was my longhaired friend and his girlfriend. She opened one eye and said "good morning" and then they slowly
Continue ReadingSecond day of METUcon Sun April 22
Woke up after my 12 hour "rest" and had an ice cream for breakfast and then we took a taxi to the convention since they were late for a game session they had signed up
Continue ReadingFirst day of METUcon Sat April 21
We got dressed and walked to the first day of METUcon. I got breakfast, found my tables and set up the game. Murat set up his illustrations on the walls and made himself a little
Continue ReadingArriving in Ankara Fri April 20
Hi my friends. I am sorry that I wrote last time that I had a heap of blog posts to be released and then didn't release them. I thought this would be a summer of
Continue ReadingIstanbul Thu April 19
Sorry friends, my blog was blocked by Google for a while. It contained so many links to different websites that a robot thought it was a "junk blog", like a big junk mail ifyouseewhatamean. I
Continue ReadingArriving in Istanbul Wed April 18
I dreamt that I went into a supermarket to buy peanut butter and jam for a PB & J-sandwich - named after my English flatmate in Taiwan's two boyfriends PB & J. But instead of
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