Hello, all!
What this blog really needs (perhaps in addition to a few more posts) is a woman's touch, so I thought I'd swoop in to save the day with a new post. On Thursday our group took the bus (hooray! we're officially public transportation savvy!) to Dolmabache Palace, or "Istanbul's Versailles". It was absolutely stunning. Well, the outside of it was. The Palace ended up being closed, so we posed for a couple pics, tightened up our Teva straps and set out on the thirty minute walk to Istanbul Modern, a contemporary art museum. The museum was an impressive collection of mediums ranging from sculpture to photography to costume collection. And the air conditioning felt great. After the museum we crossed over the Galata Bridge and made our way to the Spice Bazaar, a bustling market where shopkeepers offered us sample after sample of Turkish Delight. Despite the daunting crowds at the market, we managed to lose just one person, and this was only because she was temporarily distracted by spotting an old high school boyfriend of hers wandering through a nearby stall. But these things happen, and we managed to reconnect later in the evening. So while Nandini was busy re-creating the iconic scene between Carrie and Aidan from this summer's Sex and The City 2, a few of us others set out in search of dinner, settling for a little place on the Galata Bridge where we spent the meal shouting over the crashing waves and squinting against the brilliant sunset reflecting in the Golden Horn (Note: Life is rough. Plz send care packages). The night soon drew to a close, and we hurried on home to the Superdorm, eager to tuck into our hefty stack of reading for Friday's political science exam. Our academic studies are going well, our experiential exercises are even better, and we hope all is well with you.
Until next time,
Sarah
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