My electricity is out. Luckily I found a little flashlight to light my way. Then it came back on for 15 mins then went back out. I decided to hit up starbucks cause i was craving coffee and hope that the internet works there. As i left my place i realized the majority of the street was lite by candle light. The two markets on the corner were gently illuminated by candles as their shop owners sat outside. It was actually really pretty.
Yesterday when i was walking home from work i saw that there was some sort of huge christmas decoration going up ( well winter decoration) but regardless it made me really happy.
I've been here in Istanbul for a month. 7 to go. Everyday I think that either it cant come soon enough or i want it to be further away. My mind changes about 10 times a day. Today i booked my ticket to cappadocia for christmas. I also responded about my plane ticket home. However that i got back, so I dont think it went through.
Today I did some Christmas shopping. I dragged Brandon along because I insisted he had to see other parts of the city in order to fall in love with it. I took him to the grand bazaar for some quality bargaining. We actually had lots of fun doing it. IT went a little like this
Store owner: 75
Me and brandon: 12
Store owner : Gasp.. noo 50
Me: 20
then back and forth for along time, I tried to walk away a lot then he put it in a bag and i was like. why do that? I'm not going to buy it for more than 30, "no 35" nope. ok 30. walk away.
And most of it was done in Turkish! I told them i didnt speak english, it was really fun, we left laughing and attempted to insult other owners but never got as good of a deal. Thats just one thing i love about the city. The game of buying things.
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