We arrived in Istanbul yesterday at 4 p.m. local time. The travel day went really well, long, but otherwise uneventful...which I suppose is good!
When we landed, we meandered through the crowded streets of Istanbul to the Superdorm. The traffic was absolutely insane; we may have hit a car, but we are not entirely positive. The Superdorm is one of the dorm buildings for Bogazici University in Istanbul. The accommodations are excellent, large lounge areas in the rooms with individual bedrooms attached! St. Olaf should look into mimicking this!
We headed out to dinner after we settled into our rooms. It was definitely an experience to order from an all Turkish menu, but the food was actually pretty good.
Today we had Turkish class. Turkish resembles absolutely nothing I have ever heard before!! It was so difficult to learn and we have a test in two days already. Although we spent about five hours learning it today, I still feel totally confused!!
A few of us explored the area near our hotel for dinner in the evening and found a wonderful small shop. I had a lovely meatball dish and they gave us free baklava!!! Yum!
So far Istanbul has been amazing, and although Turkish is difficult, it is going to be such an incredible experience here.
Well, I'm off to practice Turkish.
Iyi geceler (good night!)
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