A Year in Turkey! Getting there...

I'm here--it's real! Lucky me, it was a surprisingly easy trip here... and I don't seem to be keeling over from jetlag (knock on wood). The day before my flight, we stopped by the Ann Arbor Art Festival, where we got to spend the afternoon with Margaret and melt in the hot, hot, humidity. Margaret was helping her friend, Jenny, with her booth at the fair. (Congrats on your Award of Excellence, Jenny!!)

On Friday, we got to the Detroit airport nice and early, I checked in, and then we decided to hang out together, maybe get some coffee or tea, but the airport is designed to thwart such farewells--no cafes outside of security! Well then, I guess a photo in the lobby will do. It's been pointed out by Becky Schweig that our expressions are quite different, but I assure you, we were all teary at the real good-bye.

I'm staying with our friends Tolga, Funda and their little boy, Ege, who live on the Sabancı University campus (find the A on the lower right of the map). Three cheers to Tolga for driving more than four hours round trip to fetch me from the airport!!! Saturday we took a nice trip to Kadıköy to go to a Lego store (Ege got a set of Animal Hospital Duplos), coffee, and a view of the Marmara Sea.

More pictures and updates are coming soon! Feel free to post comments and ask questions, too...