Bodrumda gittik Beraber!

....İstanbulda da yaşadık, Sorun şehirlerde değildi, Biz tam yalandık, Senle ben en yoktan zamandık.....


Lyrics to one of the first songs I learned in Turkish while here in Bodrum this time last year... see post...


Now after going to bodrum again (more later about this once I get the photos up) I will be going to the Hande Yener concert! I am currently in Erdek Turkey. A small fishing village on the seaside of a penensila of Turkey. Just west of Istanbul. Its got that sense of community and deep connections because everyone knows each other, and each others families like the back of their hands. 


We are literally across the street from the sea, and I think that sea air is the best thing for clearing your skin, mind, and mix in the sun from the Marmara sea and you get the best sun kissed beach look around! This is my second summer in Istanbul where each and every day was spent in the sun. I will always miss this life. There is a song that goes " I am just a poor girl living in a rich world" thats what I feel like. 


I am down to just 6 days where and little has really happened thats all that interesting to talk about. I dont think I will be taking a job like this again, or at least for a while but I am also unsure about leaving this country. Just like the last time. The closer I get to going home the more I dont want to leave, which is the opposite of what happens when I leave the USA. I also have a horrible habit of starting new things just before I take that big leap over the Atlantic Ocean. I am digressing, most of the days are spent with me running around chasing some kids, making sure they dont drown, get hit by a car and that they are happy at all times, because allah forbid they should be scolded or disciplined.


I have  not had an off day and I think thats straight rude... since I am working probably 15 hours a day in the hot sun, with little water or food for that matter because I dont have time to think about myself when there are three children running in all directions and I am supposed to know/be with them at all times... (yes I have had a stress full summer) but it has not been bad. Like I said I enjoy this little town and the people and going to the cay bahcesi for beer. I was also allowed to go to the Hande Yener concert in Erdek at a place called Kaya on the Rock. Its a pretty cool club that is on the edge of the sea with a high canyon wall on once side and the sea down below. It was a lot of fun! I went with Belma Abla and Busra abla and Dora ablas daughter Marina who is here with us from Meldovia.... not that you would really know who any of those people are... again I am digressing. See there is Dora abla, Busra abla and Belma abla all here... plus me... and for some reason I am the only one in charge of the children when its quite obvious I am the one they listen to the least... ridiculous... anyway... I can't wait for the next 6 days to fly by so I can continue traveling, then get back to the USA... only so I can start planning my next adventure! 


I want to take the time to thank my mom for being amazing and always putting me in Time out, and using the word No once in a while... also grounding me... all these things are very important later on in life unless of course you are rich I guess.