Ankara
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Dear Friends,
I am safely back to Istanbul.
Yesterday I had a great time in Ankara.
In the morning I went to buy my ticket to Istanbul and to buy things for the pancake party. I met two girls on the street who helped me to find pamukkale office. Then they accompanied me to the market to buy eggs, um, jam etc. Then we met one of their boyfriend and they came up to the flat. I showed them the book and with google translate we could talk small. I invited them to the pancake party.
Then I made many pancakes. I thought I am alone at home but suddenly I heard someone coming up from downstairs. I was surprised and scared. But fortunately it was Yuksel. Early in the morning he went to work and while I was away he came back to sleep some more :)
Then we went to his new office and the bookstore where they sell our book.
Then we went home to wait for out friends. First 3 boys came we didn't know. It turned out that the girls I met in the morning invited them "for a conversation about interesting themes". One of them speeks very well english so we could talk. Later Handan, Gurkan, Zehra, Mustapha and Altug arrived. Altug invited two of his friends, one of them moved from Serbia to Ankara. We ate pancake, we talked about Silo's Message, humanism. There was a really good mood. Later Handan teached us turkish dance, so we were dancing around in the room.
Before the 3 new boys had to leave we made an office and a ceremony of wellbeing. Zehra read both ceremonies in a very very nice way. I felt there was a deep silence during the ceremonies, we were all involved somehow. It was really nice.
Then people started to leave, we changed email address and phone number and facebook contact with the new guys.
Finally Yuksel and Gurkan remained, we cleaned the house, and we went to a bar for a tee before I took the bus to Istanbul.
The sun just started to rise in Kadikoy when I arrived. It was nice.
I am safely back to Istanbul.
Yesterday I had a great time in Ankara.
In the morning I went to buy my ticket to Istanbul and to buy things for the pancake party. I met two girls on the street who helped me to find pamukkale office. Then they accompanied me to the market to buy eggs, um, jam etc. Then we met one of their boyfriend and they came up to the flat. I showed them the book and with google translate we could talk small. I invited them to the pancake party.
Then I made many pancakes. I thought I am alone at home but suddenly I heard someone coming up from downstairs. I was surprised and scared. But fortunately it was Yuksel. Early in the morning he went to work and while I was away he came back to sleep some more :)
Then we went to his new office and the bookstore where they sell our book.
Then we went home to wait for out friends. First 3 boys came we didn't know. It turned out that the girls I met in the morning invited them "for a conversation about interesting themes". One of them speeks very well english so we could talk. Later Handan, Gurkan, Zehra, Mustapha and Altug arrived. Altug invited two of his friends, one of them moved from Serbia to Ankara. We ate pancake, we talked about Silo's Message, humanism. There was a really good mood. Later Handan teached us turkish dance, so we were dancing around in the room.
Before the 3 new boys had to leave we made an office and a ceremony of wellbeing. Zehra read both ceremonies in a very very nice way. I felt there was a deep silence during the ceremonies, we were all involved somehow. It was really nice.
Then people started to leave, we changed email address and phone number and facebook contact with the new guys.
Finally Yuksel and Gurkan remained, we cleaned the house, and we went to a bar for a tee before I took the bus to Istanbul.
The sun just started to rise in Kadikoy when I arrived. It was nice.
Now I go to sleep small...
Big hugs to you!
csef
Big hugs to you!
csef
