Iyi aksamlar (good evening)! This morning we checked out of the Grand Anka Hotel in Istanbul and began the approximately 5 hour trek to Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. The students and teachers were amazed by how much the landscape changed as we drove from Istanbul's cool seaside breezes through craggy hills and mountains towards the center of the nation, stopping along the way in the town of Bolu for lunch. We arrived in Ankara at the Ulus district's Tac Mahal Hotel in the late afternoon and had some free time in which Sania, Kalyn and Audrey played a card game and Sarabrynn, Jesse and I went on a walk down the street in search of calling cards.
At 6:30 we met in the hotel restaurant and had an amazing meal of lentil soup, salad, bread, and an entree of fish. About half of the group was shocked to have a plate with a whole fish-head and all-placed in front of them but after Mevlut coaxed most of us into trying the dish we realized that it was not only delicious but that the experience was very much worth it! Sania and Rwanda even dared to try an eyeball each from their entrees. "Didn't it taste like peanuts?" Sania asked, to which Rwanda replied "If that's what you want to call it!" After dinner the participants went on a bus tour of the city of Ankara and it's environs as the sun set! It was amazing and very beautiful (cok güzel).
Much more to follow tomorrow! :)
That landscape sounds awesome!
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