My favorite places in Istanbul

24. Januar: Osmanlı Kokoreç for breakfast, lunch, dinner and after going out; Köpüklükahve at night at the campus; Peyote for friday night; IC for studying; Çemberlitas hamam to cure the hangover at sunday afternoon; Tessa-Hendrik's place to warm up for going out; Cafe Nero for pretending to study during the weekends; Gourmet Burger Kitchen for eating the best Bacon Avocado Burger in entire Istanbul; the ferry to Kadıköy at sunset time; Istanbul modern museum to get to know contemporary turkish art

Tribute

23. Januar: A tribute to people who were highly, important or at least quite important for the stay in Turkey: Celal, Fjendbo, Jakob, Can, Hendrik, Tessa, Laurens, Nadine, Idil, Joakim, Christiane, Tom, Alex, David, Anine, Senem, Charlotte, Burçu, Torsten, Lucy, Emrah

I won't miss...

22. Januar: shoe polishers who think that you still don't know there shoe brush trick, bus-cashiers who think you are too much Yabanci greenhorn not to know that a bus ride costs 1,40 YTL, the fact that you stay with a second person in your bedroom, the fucked up political system in Turkey, the gender roles in Turkish society, the micro- and macroeconomics-courses, the holy boringness at the campus, the fact that there is no beer to buy at the campus' supermarket, the tasteless food at the dinning hall, the Turkish recycling system, the one-sided public opinion about the war in Gaza, the kitchen in the dorm building

I'll miss...

21. Januar: The cay at midnight with Fjendbo and Jakob at the Köpülükahve, the Osmanlı Kokoreç place, the sea, the ferry trips to Kadıköy, the availability of cay, the moment when you get on the Sabancı bus in direction to the city, the squash matches with Celal, 4 o'clock a.m. when you are walking drunk home from Peyote to the hostel, 1:30 a.m. when you get kicked out of Çiço and walk with a bunch of Eramus people to Peyote, sunday afternoon when you cure your hangover in a hamam, the salty and fatty hangover breakfasts at McDonalds...

I'm looking forward to...

20. Januar: the next rehearsal of my brass band, pork food, Würstel in Saft, mozzarella, my own fridge, my own bed room, the sociology-course at my home university, the weekend skiing with my friends, Vienna with its museums, public transportation, cafes and all the dustbins hanging around.

Tavuk Bonfile party

19. Januar: It's getting harder and harder to find people at the campus, ok there are a few - let's say the truth and call them boring - Erasmus colleagues who even consider a Tavuk Bonfile dinner at a party.

Soak and being soaked

18. Januar: It's the last day before spending time again at the information center and try to soak in microeconomics, but before the hamam-visit with my elder brother is soaking me.