Today’s trip was to Örtakoy. What a change from veggy markets and cheap clothing markets. This was a craft or art market set up on the foreshore and next to a beautiful small mosque projecting onto the Bosphorus.
I experienced cumpir (baked potatoes with Turkish fillings) from a shop with wonderfully friendly men. The others had [...]
Entries from March 2007
Örtakoy
March 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment
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Istanbul from a service bus
March 31st, 2007 · No Comments
These were taken a while back by Christi but I’ve only just got copies. Highrise apartment housing is the norm here.
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Massive sinkhole opens up in Guatemala City
March 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Thanks to Tara Sleep I’ve just learnt about an unbelievable sinkhole that appeared in a poor suburb of Guatemala City on Feb 23rd. It may not be Turkey but it’s close to my heart. My guess is that they will never rehabilitate the land. Guatemaltecans have such a hard time!
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I’ve got my own school
March 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments
There is a Leigh Newton Westpark Primary School in England. Ha! It would be fun to drop in on one day.
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The Leader of the Pack
March 30th, 2007 · No Comments
I went to the school’s production of The Leader of the Pack tonight. It was great! Marnie, the School Director’s wife, was the producer, and she said that the students’ English improved enormously since January, when they started rehearsals. To be performing a musical in a second language is quite a feat.
Ellie Greenwich [...]
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