15 September 2008

I didn’t do anything yesterday. Had a headache. And was terribly depressed. Woke up on the wrong side of the bed I guess. I was cross at Jay the whole day.

Today we went to the hamam! I loved it. The scrubbing down and the sauna bit. How do I say this, I didn’t know I needed that much scrubbing!Haha.Goodness. The article on Lonely Planet about Turkish baths is so true! Down to the massive breasts of the, err, scrubber. And I got to touch them too,haha.Not on my own accord, mind you.

Anyway, I felt quite good after that. I was smiling again after such a bad day yesterday.

In the afternoon we went for a drive with the cousin of Jay’s mom and her son. We went to the northern part of the Golden Horn. Goodness, everything was just so nice. I could just drive around all day and be amazed at what I see. If I could drive, that is.


Felt the need to eat something familiar, so I had a burger from Burger King. What comfort. But it’s quite expensive here. Oh well.

Chatted with Jay and Hatice for quite some time. Jay’s working on the Bea in Europe blog. I want to add some things, but due to certain technical problems, that will have to wait ‘til I’m in Olomouc.

In the evening,we visited the sister of his mom. Goodness, so many people were waiting for us.I don’t know exactly who the others were,but there were sons and daughters and grandchildren involved.One thing struck me: the young women were so pretty!And the kids were so cute.And they were all very nice.

We watched a match between Besiktas and Trabzon. Unfortunately, it was quite lame. It ended 0-0. How sad.

Ate too much today. Gotta start dieting again! I won’t fit into my clothes anymore at the rate I’m going. Eek.

But to end this on a positive note, even though I’m getting fat, people still think I have the prettiest hands, fingers to be exact. Hehe.

Hoscakal!

14 September 2008
11.36 pm Istanbul time