report from Istanbul trip




Dear friends we are in Istanbul since friday but it seems a lot of time.

At our arrival we met Eduardo and some friends, Husseyn from Istanbul and Peter and Lory arriving directly from Ankara

On saturday we accompanied Peter and Lory to the boat and in the evening we had the weekly meeting at the salita followed by the italian agape with pasta.
On sunday we and Eduardo woke up at 6 in the morning for the organized tour to Garipce (on the Black Sea) with some friends coming from Turkey, Armenia, Pakistan and Singapore.

And it begans our surrealist day…

We waited for everybody at the windy and rainy meeting point where, the temperature was 2° and finally we went… in 7 people in a car, one was in the trunk.
After having breakfast with tipical Borek in a tipical cafè and buying the necessary for the outdoor barbecue, we went to Garipce. A very beautiful village with a castle on the Black Sea.

After a windy and rainy walk on the mountain and a windy and rainy chai we finally reached the castle where our enthusiastic friends organized the barbecue in the underground of the castle. Unbelievable! With a wonderful view on the Black Sea and eating windy and rainy skewers J

It was a great oppotunity for us to get involved with new people in a new situation destabilizing our body and spirit.
Omer, one of these friends, joined us today at the salita. We spent good time together talking, eating, laughing and watching videos. He knew also Anna, Eduardo’s daughter. and Gigi, Iaia, Mariella and Carmen that came for a short visit..

Doing this kind of experience we realized how the Message is alive, passes trough the doors and expresses itself in the world with force and joy.

Here you can find a selection of photos of these days

Emanuela C., Francesca I. e Tommaso C.
Istanbul, 18/03/2013

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