Spring!

This week has to have been the fastest transition to spring of all time. When I left for Sofia on Thursday night, there was literally snow on the ground, enough to cancel afternoon classes (well, since this is Istanbul, like an inch. But still!). This week has been nothing but sunshine and blue skies, complete with warm breezes and flowers. As a true New Hampshirian (is that right? I can't ever figure it out...), I promptly abandoned all sweaters and pulled out the flip-flops. Who cares that it's only 65 degrees in the classrooms, it's spring!

Incidentally, "spring" in Turkish is "ilkbahar." And speaking of Turkish, we'll begin learning verbs next week! I know-- a month in Turkey and I still don't know how to conjugate? Pathetic. My teacher even said that it'll be our first step beyond "Me Tarzan, you Jane." Which is exciting, but not necessarily encouraging... But after my weekend in Sofia with literally three words under my belt, I'm not complaining.

Until tomorrow, faithful readers!