First couple of weeks in Ankara...

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February 16th 2008

Published: February 16th 2008

This last week in Ankara has been crazy busy. All the foreign students go through a week and half long orientation program, which in someways is quite helpful in getting ready and in others quite useless. There were a few surprises in arriving at METU in Ankara. First, I thought I was going to an English speaking university. That is not the case. While the language of instruction is in English, n... Read Full Entry

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Fighting to the death with our wooden pitchforks.

Tea shop. The man looks like an elf!!!

Of course there's a cat sitting on our table.

Turkish and Canadian jam session.

They found a singer!

Pigeon central in Ulus. So stinky from all the pigeon poop.

Ankara castle.

Old Ankara.

Bus central!!

Very old Ankara.

Hanging the Turkish flag out the window.

Ahmed wearing the flag. We weren't sure if this would be interpreted as a good thing...

Irem, Jessie and myself in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.

Traditional restaurant, cooking pide.

Steps up to the Citadel.

View of old Ankara from the Citadel.

17th February 2008

garnet
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love it nicole!!!! keep on writing!!! i'm totally living through you! glad you're enjoying it!

20th February 2008

alison
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Crazy!
Wow!

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