Antalya, Ephesus, Kuşadası, Class...

So much has happened since my last post, but I have been so busy that I haven’t had any time to write. Life here is great! I have gotten used to living with my host family, learned to live with the heat, and accepted the fact that I have gained weight because of the amounts of delicious food my host mother feeds me. (I’m not worried though because I will lose it once I return home :P)

2 weekends ago I went to Antalya with my CLS program and most of our language buddies. We spent about the same time in the bus as we did in Antalya but it was a blast. On the way back we stopped in Pamukkale which was fantastic to see again! Here is a recap in pictures:

Girls in Antalya

Dancing on a night boat tour

Most of the group on the night boat tour!

In front of the Waterfall in Antalya

Waterfall

Antalya

Pamukkale

Pamukkale

Pamukkale

Pamukkale

Friday we had an excursion to Ephesus! This was my 4th time to Ephesus so I didn't take many photos. I have numerous already :P

The whole group in front of the library

This past weekend I went to Kuşadası on Saturday with some Americans and some buddies. It was one of the best excursions I have been on here because it was a very relaxed day. Also, because there were only about 15 of us it was a very manageable group and we all got along very well. Unfortunately I don’t have many pictures from the day :(.

Kuşadası

Kuşadası

This week class has been great! We had our last cooking class on Tuesday (we made gözleme) and had our last Zeybek dance class today. This week has also been great because in my language class we played Taboo and Apples to Apples – both in Turkish of course – and we taught our teacher how to use T9 on his cell phone. It has been a very relaxing week.

Rolling dough for Gözleme

Zeybek Dance Class

Zeybek Dance Class

Teaching our teacher how to text using T9 :)

class :)

playing Taboo

I am really sad to think about how I only have 9 days left in Izmir :(. These past 2 months have been fantastic and I have truly solidified my Turkish. I am extremely to go back to Samsun though to stay with my old host family and see my friends; I have truly missed all of them. Stay tuned!