When we arrived it in Turkey, it was immediately different, there was RAIN!! It was cold, rainy and everywhere we looked outside our bus windows we saw lots of modern cars and modern windows mixed in the ruins. It was flippin' sweet.
We then took a boat tour (the picture is of my friend Ben and I on the boat) we got to see the Europe side and the Asia side of Istanbul.
Then the next day we were got to meet with a foreign affairs member from the U.S consulate and a very famous journalist while spending the day touring around Taksim square.
Today we met with a person from the AK party (the government party currently in control) and then we went to the Hagia Sophia! It was beautiful. Pictures could not capture the beauty within.
It is really nice to be here. I am so interesting in the politics of Turkey and seeing the role it plays in the West and in the Middle East. In Egypt I was so bogged down with learning Arabic, studying for Islam Thought & Practice and then trying to figure out Egyptian politics. Here it is so great to engage in the politics, easily be able to follow the political topics. We are here truly in an unique time as they are bidding to be in the EU and becoming a power country.
Not to mention, cold is a nice change :]
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