the brightest lamp in istanbul
the new streetlight
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it's sunday morning and i am sitting here, as per usual, with my cup of coffee (filtered, not nescafe!).
i forgot that i am teaching some kind of shakespeare class today so last night i was searching for resources and links.... i should have done this days ago, but it snuck up on me. it's possible that no one will come, but i hate feeling unprepared.
i even dreamt about it.
anyway, i went to bed entirely too late and read far too much about shakespeare at 1:00am. now i am tired.
i also blame the new, gigantic light they installed yesterday outside our living room window. it's hanging over the street, but it's so bright i can't even look at it directly. it's like a small sun, shining like there's no tomorrow-- i think it made me lose track of time. aydin bey, our downstairs neighbor, came by and said "see! look at the new light! isn't it great!?" i leaned out the window and said, "evet. cokkkkk gunesli." (yes, it's verrrrry sunny) then i wished him "good day" (at 10pm) and he laughed at my little joke.
today: shakespeare. a visit to koc tas (the turkish version of home depot). more coffee.
posted by camille @ 9:14 AM
1 Comments:
hi camille, i stumbled upon your blog while doing some research on Turkey. i enjoyed reading it so much that i started my own blog: thezoodiaries (sorry, not very original). i really appreciate your frankness, sincerity, and humor in approaching your life in istanbul and has been an inspiration to me. just wanted to share that. on a more technical note, i am planning a vacation to turkey next spring, and am interested in the istanbul walking tours that was mentioned in your blog a while ago, but i clicked on the link, and it does not work. is it still available? thanks!
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