Thanksgiving in Turkey!

Our belated ex-pat potluck Thanksgiving was celebrated in grand style yesterday evening. It was a big mix of people from Koç University, Arizona, and friends of friends. We had plenty to eat and drink, no doubt! (I'll bring several leftover desserts to work on Monday.) Now for a quiet Sunday...

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Escape Planet Escape

Last Friday, coincidentally Halloween, a group of us teamed up to escape from the "Sherlock Room" at Escape Planet. If one of these room size puzzles is established nearby, do it! It was fantastic!! I can't give away too many details, but we were locked in a room furnished in an early 20th century style. We had to find clues and use logic to figure out the combinations to several locked drawers and boxes around the room. The goal was to find the key to get us out of the room in an hour. We did escape, with a little extra time given by the puzzle organizer. Here is the team flush with success!

"Grading Day," i.e. No, I didn't go to work today.

Look! The sun has graced us today... and I got outside to soak it up.

Walk around Rumeli Kavağı

Just a jaunt to a little fishing village where the Black Sea and Bosphorus meet 

and the pylons of the Third Bridge loom