Maybe you have heard maybe you haven't but last week I went to Turkey! It was an amazing experience. It was also my first time in a Muslim country. You might be wondering why I even went. I went there for a type of exchange student program thingy called Comenius.
Basically 8 kids from Turkey last year in May for a week and we did things here and then this year 8 kids from my school went to Turkey and stayed at there house. Cool thing about this exchange program was that it was totally free and I wasn't the only one there but I was almost always with my schoolmates and it wasn't to long. There were things that I loved about Turkey such as: how hospitable, there warm weather, the sea, amazing land marks, there food was absolutely amazing (well most of it), very welcoming ... and so on and so forth. But I couldn't help but noticed the lack of cross walks, clean water, "normal" bathrooms, stop lights, clean flours, bus schedules ... and a few other things. Though I love Turkey and the people in it, it would be very hard for me to move there. The transition for Slovenia to Turkey is ... huge. There way of life is a so different than in Slovenia. Don't get me wrong its not bad there it just different and i really did like it there. But when the week was up I didn't feel bad about going home to normal bathrooms and drinkable water and comfy beds. I am thankful to the Lord that I could have gone and if i had to do it again I would.
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| This is Buket. I stayed at here house when I was there. She was very nice host and here family is SO sweet! |
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| Inside a Muslim church. We had to take are shoes off ... I am so glad we don't have to do that in our church! Man, isn't God good! |
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| This is one o the many Turkish girl I met at there school who came up to me about 10 times a day. She was so sweet and nice! One day she even gave me some flowers. How nice is that! It was pretty funny thought we were like celebrities there. People were asking to take pictures with us the asked for our signatures on there arm and on paper they wanted to say hi and tell us who they were! It was a little scary but also awesome. |
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| Leaving beautiful Istanbul and on my way to Tarsus. |
Well that's about it. I am so thankful that I could have gone and it will definitely be a fun story to tell my kids! I have some more pics on instagram under #triptoturkey, and if your not folowing me do it right now my name is kgpatty! Thanks for reading!
