[Please note: this is not going to be pretty. In the end, I like Turkey more than it's going to sound.]
I think most of my current issues can be wrapped up in five words: I want to go home.
I miss green. I miss natural things.
I also miss intellectual stimulation. While three of my classes are interesting (Disaster, Istanbul Architecture, and Design Studio), they really don't require any work outside of class.
Well, that's not quite true--I have models to build in Design Studio, but that's just once a week.
Arts & Culture (when we have class) involves visiting places, which I like, but we don't go anywhere out of the ordinary. And Graphic Design is a joke. Midterms are this week, and we've had four classes. For one of those, the professor didn't show up so the TA taught (which was fine, since she's far better than the prof), and for another, the he decided that even though the entire class is international, he'd give the lecture in Turkish.
In addition, the Turkish government has decided to make some changes in the transportation, which seems to involve removing ticket booths from some (that's right, only some) MetroBus stops, meaning the only way to ride is if you have a card. Which I don't have.
Since there was no warning (Monday morning, the metal booth had vanished), I've had to depend on the kind people who do have passes, and have been trying to get my own.
I tried to go to the IETT office today to get it, but it...wasn't there. I searched the entire area. No luck.
I am not enthused. In fact, I'm quite pissed.
On a different note: pictures.
The first group is some of the cats that frequent our garden. I've become friends with many of them, and most have names.
The second is of St. Anthony of Padua Church, on Istikal cadessi.
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