Cihangir'de oturacağız: We'll be living in Cihangir.

Ok, major update today! It's finally official that we'll be sharing an apartment in the neighborhood called Cihangir (Jee-han-geer) which is on the European side of Istanbul, north of the "Golden Horn." Hmmm, you say, a map would be useful at this point. And, here it is:



And, it's a little small to see clearly, but trust me, it's there! (Click on the map for a bigger image.) At the top right of the map, do you see the yellow "push pin"? That marks the campus of Boğaziçi University. Near the middle of the map, there is a second push pin, which marks the spot of our apartment-to-be. They're about five miles distant. We've read that there's a major bus route along the coast that will probably be exactly what Alex needs for the daily commute. I bet there will be a post about the reality of that situation...