Back in Istanbul again!.... again!

Istanbul, Turkey

Well, I am taking a much dserved break from Saudi Arabia (afterall I've been working four day, 20 hour work weeks!!!! phew...) and this morning have touched down in Istanbul. Tomorrow, I'm off to Izmir and later the beach! Gonna spend some quality time with Sedef and relax in what has become my european home.

It's funny, starting this trip, and even spending time in Turkey a couple months ago, I never thought I would find a second home on this trip. And I don't think I even realized Turkey had become that until I came back here this morning. But I stepped off the plane, and sitting in the ridiculous 2 hour cutoms queue I realized that the stupid lineups, the strange language (although it is admittedly becoming less so), and the bi-polar population that can be incredibly friendly one minute and jaw-shakingly rude the next really had become a home.

I also got a piece of good news in the shape of a followup email from a good international school here in Izmir that is considering me for their fall semester. So maybe I won't be spending a year in teh desert afterall! It would be nice to be in a better climate and a more relaxing enviornment, that's for sure! Will keep you all updated. If I make enough from Saudi maybe I can just skip on to more travelling. I plan to make lots of plans this week so stay tuned.

Oh, and in regard to the student strike... I guess they couldn't get enough solidarity together to pull it off. No surprise there. So sadly, they had a late paycheck that month. It's a tragedy the world may never recover from.