Turkey: Past, Current, and Future

Late Spring and early summer has been beautiful in Ankara, which means that nearby Cappadocia, Izmir, and other coastal towns have become hard to resist each and every weekend. An Easter bash (above) was celebrated in fine form by us Americans…and perhaps only surpassed by Turkey’s International Sports holiday in which everyone gets off work and school to do simultaneous acts of kick-boxing and step-aerobics.

The first annual Turkish Frisbee tournament was held last month. Futbol remains the national sport despite our best efforts. Our team (The Bilkent Goats) swept our way to a national tittle, beating second place Istanbul Turk Kasi 15-8 in the finals.

Along with the joys of sunshine, BBQing, and Besiktas winning the Turkish futbol league, has come the stress of post-Turkish life and returning to the real world. As it stands right now, I’ll be returning home to Oregon on July 16th for a couple of weeks before a quick stay in Arizona  with my grandparents and then a road trip across the country to Ithaca where I’ll start school at the end of August. Along the way I hope to stop and spend some time in my old stomping ground of Madison, WI as well as Denver and Chicago.