Due to the intensive nature of my classes at Boğaziçi and busy lifestyle I am finding that I have less time for updating the blog. So much has been happening here over the last couple months! I’ve been having a blast! Regrettably, as much as I would like to sit down and write a full account of the events that have transpired, words just can’t do any justice. In any case, here is a quick abbreviated version:

Within a week after posting a Craigslist Istanbul I landed an English teaching job at an American Culture Association language school (http://www.amerikankultur.org.tr/). I now teach Beginner to Intermediate English conversation skills to classes of 10 or so middle school or high school students once a week. Although many are telling me I am making a low average for Native English speaking teachers in Istanbul, I am psyched to be making more money per hour here than I ever have in America (and this is just a start…).

I have joined the Boğaziçi University Aviation Club AKA Paragliding Club. Soon enough I will be taking to the skies wearing a harness with an attached wide canopy parachute. We start training next week. Once certified to fly solo, I will be joining the club on various excursions to far away destinations around Turkey for some truly epic soaring. This is our website: http://www.buhak.boun.edu.tr/Gallery.html

On the 27^th of October the other Lexia Exchange student and I departed for a Lexia coordinated trip to Efes and Pamukkale. This was my first time leaving Istanbul since I arrived in early September. We toured the 3,000 year-old Ancient Greek-built city of Efes and visited Pamukkale – the most unusual geographical phenomenon; a giant calcium deposit that continues to grow with natural hot spring pools.

The Library of Celsus in Efes

Pamukkale