This is a backdated post, but I've been so bad with writing things down that at this point, I'm just trying to keep track of what I did when. So here's a list of two weeks' worth of activities, with relevant photos either in photo dumps or to be added here.
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First Friday:
Sulemaniye trip, getting lost between the Grand Bazaar and the Spice Bazaar, finally finding both the Spice Bazaar and the warm deliciousness that is Develi Baklava & their katmer
Saturday:
Making brunch in Republika, Taksim, Zencefil, trying raki for the first time, Efe's Turkish beer, getting denied by taxis after the dolmush ride back to Beşiktaş
Sunday:
I stayed in and did apps.
Monday:
Beyoğlu, a thrift store (By Retro), and Turkish kahvalti with Skylar and Jonny at Van Kahvaltı Evi
And then it rained the other days. =|
except Wednesday:
Grand Bazaar with Megan, pide, Altan Şekerleme (best lokum, amazing hard candies), Develi Baklava again, Osman's textile shop, Aziz's shop of odds and ends from Central Asia & Turkey, view from atop the Valide Han
Friday:
Edirne! Which was pretty, but tiring. Plus, I was cranky and lacked caffeine.
Saturday: Moda and Ali Usta for ice cream, stumbling upon Cherrybean Coffee, then dinner at Tandoori
Sunday: Mevlevi Hanesi in Galata, then the Black Sea restaurant for dinner and Shake Shack?! which was delicious, as well as Gwen the New Yorker's first taste of Shake Shack ever
Monday: Skylar's tattoo at Golden Arrow in Moda/Kadıköy, casually falling a little bit in love with the tattoo artist, Gülşah
Tuesday: back to Renkli Limon for lunch, then more studying
Wednesday: Turkish and studying; nothing exciting
Went back to see Harun for dinner, and we could actually say a few more words to him hooraaay! He got us to drink two cups of çay before we excused ourselves to go study.
Thursday: left in the afternoon after our final for Konya; 10 hours on a bus later, we did in fact make it to Adnan Bey Hotel in Konya.
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First Friday:
Sulemaniye trip, getting lost between the Grand Bazaar and the Spice Bazaar, finally finding both the Spice Bazaar and the warm deliciousness that is Develi Baklava & their katmer
Saturday:
Making brunch in Republika, Taksim, Zencefil, trying raki for the first time, Efe's Turkish beer, getting denied by taxis after the dolmush ride back to Beşiktaş
Sunday:
I stayed in and did apps.
Monday:
Beyoğlu, a thrift store (By Retro), and Turkish kahvalti with Skylar and Jonny at Van Kahvaltı Evi
And then it rained the other days. =|
except Wednesday:
Grand Bazaar with Megan, pide, Altan Şekerleme (best lokum, amazing hard candies), Develi Baklava again, Osman's textile shop, Aziz's shop of odds and ends from Central Asia & Turkey, view from atop the Valide Han
Friday:
Edirne! Which was pretty, but tiring. Plus, I was cranky and lacked caffeine.
Saturday: Moda and Ali Usta for ice cream, stumbling upon Cherrybean Coffee, then dinner at Tandoori
Sunday: Mevlevi Hanesi in Galata, then the Black Sea restaurant for dinner and Shake Shack?! which was delicious, as well as Gwen the New Yorker's first taste of Shake Shack ever
Monday: Skylar's tattoo at Golden Arrow in Moda/Kadıköy, casually falling a little bit in love with the tattoo artist, Gülşah
Tuesday: back to Renkli Limon for lunch, then more studying
Wednesday: Turkish and studying; nothing exciting
Went back to see Harun for dinner, and we could actually say a few more words to him hooraaay! He got us to drink two cups of çay before we excused ourselves to go study.
Thursday: left in the afternoon after our final for Konya; 10 hours on a bus later, we did in fact make it to Adnan Bey Hotel in Konya.
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