Wow, it's been a while. Since my last post, I've been busy. Most of my time was taken up by taking midterms, studying for midterms, and planning planning my Spring Break trip and figuring out my schedule for when friends visit and stuff like that. I'll get to that in a little bit, but I want to add a few pictures. Spring came with a huge vengeance to Istanbul in the last week or so. The plants, finally used to the increasingly nice weather, exploded in blossom, and allergies kicked in. Unlike springs elsewhere, where your nose gets clogged with no awesome side effects, in Istanbul, there are multitudes of purple blooming plants, so there are abounding aesthetic rewards to your bodily inconvenience. There was also a Culture Night, organized (in theory) by a variety of
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