Yesterday I went to the archaeological museum with a couple of friends; it's a huge building with artifacts from all the civilizations that have lived in Anatolia. Since I've been here, I've heard a lot about the Ottomans, but you forget everyone who was here first-- the Hittites, the Byzantines, the Greeks, the Romans... there were marble statues everywhere. There were also lots of sarcophagi which I hadn't realized were popular in the area. We also saw a couple of mummies-- crazy!
In the evening, some of the exchange and Turkish students had a potluck picnic. I brought bread, as previously mentioned, and kaymak, a kind of honey butter. You buy the thick cream (it has a consistency a little softer than butter), and pour the honey on top-- delicious, but terrible for you. It's a Turkish classic, and one of the things I'm going to miss most when I come home.
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