Thanks to Mert and Husnu for the free all-day boat trip on the Bosphorus to the Black sea!

Thanks to Mert and Husnu for the free all-day boat trip on the Bosphorus to the Black sea!

When I win the lottery...

When I win the lottery...

Expensive homes on the water

Expensive homes on the water

Rumelihisari Castle along the Bosphorus

Rumelihisari Castle along the Bosphorus

The non-students at the fish restaurant

The non-students at the fish restaurant

Swimming in the Bosphorus - it's SPIDERMAN!

Swimming in the Bosphorus - it's SPIDERMAN!

Husnu and me

Husnu and me

Relaxing on the boat-VA Tech Study Abroad Students

Relaxing on the boat-VA Tech Study Abroad Students

---------------------------Exterior of shop - cottage industry - Anatolian - Asian side of Istanbul

---------------------------Exterior of shop - cottage industry - Anatolian - Asian side of Istanbul

Craftsman at oven where wood is shaped and dried. He's been doing this since age 13.

Craftsman at oven where wood is shaped and dried. He's been doing this since age 13.

Frame made of chestnut

Frame made of chestnut

Raw materials - this is what is woven over frame

Raw materials - this is what is woven over frame

Finished product

Finished product

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Writing from Amsterdam Airport 'cause there's nothing else to do here!

Cute - where before there were Turkish words on the Blogger, now it has "Blog Maken"in the upper corner. Dutch is a funny language, the trash can says "DANK U" :-)

I THOUGHT I had a 5+ hour layover here, so I decided to take the train into Amsterdam. While in line at passport check I looked at my ticket and they had changed my itinerary (without mentioning that they did so), so I only have two hours here. Not worth the trip :-( BUT, this trip will be over sooner than I thought.

Nihal and her husband took me to the airport at 2AM last night. I was fine taking a cab but they insisted. I feel REALLY bad because Ramazan starts today and they'll have hardly any sleep before they have to wake up and eat something before daybreak! Nihal bought me a pretty dress as a going-away present. I am going to post some pictures of the kids, etc...then later Izmir and Ephesus.

I haven't explained about those cool Soviet-era things pictured below! They belong to Yosef in Israel and he has an AWESOME collection!!

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