My home, my family, my city...
Jan 4th-14th.. Those 10 days in Turkey were way too precious for me.. It was the first time i'd be back after 6 months in Brussels and since the day i bought the ticket early Nov, I was dreaming of that day¨- going to Turkey, seeing family, catching up with friends..
I was a bit concerned that 10 days was not going to be enough. And it was not.. for sure..
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Before telling about Turkey, I would like to tell about the moment I felt myself closest to death.. I was flying with Alitalia and the way from Milano to Istanbul, the flight delayed due to a technical problem.. After 3 hours of waiting in the plane, we finally took off and the plane was constantly shaking for half an hour like a dolmus (minibuses in Turkey) I felt like i was going to die in that plane, not manage to go back to Istanbul.. I promised myself that i would kiss the ground once the plane landed to Turkey...However i forgot to do that..
After the scariest flight i ever had, I was the happiest person when i saw my dad, Recep Bey, at the airport. And i was there..finally.. In my Istanbul...
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Having 5 aunts, 1 uncle, 2 grandmoms (all in Istanbul) of course i knew 10 days would not be enough, but i somehow managed to do all the things i planned :
I was a bit concerned that 10 days was not going to be enough. And it was not.. for sure..
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Before telling about Turkey, I would like to tell about the moment I felt myself closest to death.. I was flying with Alitalia and the way from Milano to Istanbul, the flight delayed due to a technical problem.. After 3 hours of waiting in the plane, we finally took off and the plane was constantly shaking for half an hour like a dolmus (minibuses in Turkey) I felt like i was going to die in that plane, not manage to go back to Istanbul.. I promised myself that i would kiss the ground once the plane landed to Turkey...However i forgot to do that..
After the scariest flight i ever had, I was the happiest person when i saw my dad, Recep Bey, at the airport. And i was there..finally.. In my Istanbul...
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Having 5 aunts, 1 uncle, 2 grandmoms (all in Istanbul) of course i knew 10 days would not be enough, but i somehow managed to do all the things i planned :
- Eating sucuklu yumurta in the breakfast
- Eating kokorec and tantuni in Balikpazari
- Drinking Raki in Nevizade
- Smoking nargile in Tophane
- Walking in the Istiklal street up and down, up and down...
- Doing some little shopping
- Drinking at Address with my 2 buddies (having our traditional Jan meeting)
- Staying at my grandmom's place
- Visiting my 5 aunts, 1 uncle.. (4 aunts from mother's, 1 aunt + 1 uncle from father's side)
- Seeing all cousins. (9 cousins-only Secil is missing :( )
- Visiting my old workplace
- Meeting some collegaues in Istanbul
- Seeing Ali, Isil, Burcu, Mustafa, Enis, Cem, Levent, Fatih,Umut, Asli, Ahmet..
- And many more priceless things..
There were, however, some things i couldnt manage to do : - Going to Eminonu
- Seeing my little Narin
- Going to Uni for some official papers
- Seeing Pelin
- Seeing Ozgurcan Bey
- Eating kumpir in Ortakoy
- Having been pierced :)
- And seeing some old friends..
I will do them next time insallah.. Most probably i will be back again in May for Masters Exam (me, doing masters, i can not believe neither ? :) ) Or i will be back in June insallah, for Burcu & Mustafa's wedding. (They are officially engaged, massallah! ) or in August for IC 2007... Until then, I'll be busy missing my city..
