Running down the clock
Well, the clock has started to tick. Only a week and a half until we are home. So much left to do. İ have gotten to the point where going to Victoria seems like a strange place with weird customs. İt will take a while to get use to enlglish agaain, İ may be waving me hands around a lot a first, trying to get my point across.
Have spent the last week visiting many museums. Military, carpet, and İslamic art. Lots of guns, lots of carpet, lots of art. The İslamic art museum was sweet because it was an old palace. Also, they had a full sized yurt. İ loves the yurts! Saw King Kong today. İt could have used some more ape sliding on its butt scenes, but otherwise quite good. İ wish that it had been dubbed into turkish though, İ was hoping to see Kong roar like this 'ĞĞĞĞĞÜÜÜÜÜŞŞŞŞŞŞÖÖÖÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇ!!!!!!!'. Oh well.
Ariel and Jeremy are coming in a few days, so Robyn and İ are going to act like we know all about İstanbul and are all cultured and such. My big plan is to teach them that the turkish word for hello is the word that means diarreaha, but İ may have just given myself away by writing it here. İf Ariel or Jeremy are reading this, İ am just joking. İ promise not to carry through with this plan. Although it would be funny. Actually, half the people laugh at you here if you try and speak to them in turkish, even if you are saying the correct words. They also tend to charge you the 'foreingers' price. Some of the signs really list a price for turks and a price for tourists. Seems like a kick in the face to me. Also, to top off the pain of having to pay extra for being a visitor, half of the guidbooks say the students can get into most places for free. Not true. Even though Robyn's uvic id only expired a year ago, many places will not accept it. Go figure!
See most of y'all in a week or so. Merry Christmas and all that to everyone.
Will
Have spent the last week visiting many museums. Military, carpet, and İslamic art. Lots of guns, lots of carpet, lots of art. The İslamic art museum was sweet because it was an old palace. Also, they had a full sized yurt. İ loves the yurts! Saw King Kong today. İt could have used some more ape sliding on its butt scenes, but otherwise quite good. İ wish that it had been dubbed into turkish though, İ was hoping to see Kong roar like this 'ĞĞĞĞĞÜÜÜÜÜŞŞŞŞŞŞÖÖÖÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇÇ!!!!!!!'. Oh well.
Ariel and Jeremy are coming in a few days, so Robyn and İ are going to act like we know all about İstanbul and are all cultured and such. My big plan is to teach them that the turkish word for hello is the word that means diarreaha, but İ may have just given myself away by writing it here. İf Ariel or Jeremy are reading this, İ am just joking. İ promise not to carry through with this plan. Although it would be funny. Actually, half the people laugh at you here if you try and speak to them in turkish, even if you are saying the correct words. They also tend to charge you the 'foreingers' price. Some of the signs really list a price for turks and a price for tourists. Seems like a kick in the face to me. Also, to top off the pain of having to pay extra for being a visitor, half of the guidbooks say the students can get into most places for free. Not true. Even though Robyn's uvic id only expired a year ago, many places will not accept it. Go figure!
See most of y'all in a week or so. Merry Christmas and all that to everyone.
Will
posted by Will at 9:12 AM
2 Comments:
I tried to look up your blog at work, but every attempt at searching for anything remotely like 'Cold Turkey' just turned up the anals of recovering crack heads.
Finally got through to your blog site - don't ask me how!!!! We are all glad that you are learning some Turkish, maybe we can swap some Greek with you. Have a wonderful Christmas in the Muslim country, looking forward to hearing about it all, Terry and Dick
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