Steady Rollin'

After the high is always the comedown. It came this week with among other things realizing that my classes have gotten less and less satisfying realizing some of the ways in which an Obama administration will fall short on its promises of change Israel employing lobbyists and silly frustration with girrrrrll issues. But that's all okay. There's always the selfcorrection and things are st

Fall Break Istanbul

Again just pics for now...journal to come

A Turkish Profile

I've been in Istanbul for exactly one month. I've really enjoyed my time here so far. I'm living in Taksim the heart of European Istanbul. It's an extremely energetic area with a fabulous nightlife. I've been told by the Turks that it's the only part of Istanbul that never sleeps. I can certainly confirm that statement since my room is not very sound proof.One of the primary reasons I'm here

Scary

The weather seems to have passed some tipping point in the last week. Today it was very Seattley and by the time I finished class at 5 it was basically dark. It's rather scaryI can already feel the weather getting to me. I want to avoid blaming it all on the weather because I don't want to reify the idea that I just get sadder when the weather sucksI don't want to make it any more true than

Istanbul

Finally got to one of my original goals. If there are many spelliing errors....sorry unusual keyboard. Devil of time uploading photos from today so might finish blog about Istanbul when I return to England. First day run around getting to hotel going to touristy spots eating finding computer that I can use

Visit to Madrid Spain

A few months ago 304 had the chance to visit Spain to visit my friend Donna a Kiwi living there. She used to live in 304stanbul where 304 met her and after her move back to Spain she invited me to visit her. So 304 took a week off work and flew from 304stanbul to Madrid Airport where she met me. Of course we did the usual touristy things eating tappas drinking their renowne