Hi all, I am in Turkey, have been here for about 5 days now & yes Ginny I am having a blast...everyone is awesome & they are all now addicted to glass beads...my student Elif said to me today that she no longer wants to be a Ceramics students at the Mimar Sinan University, she is here with her friends Aybuke & Gozde on scholarship as a part of their degree in Ceramics & Glass Design taking my Glass Bead making class...I also have a student from Iran named Nasrine (makes the best beads) who saw my beads on line last year & waited to take my class this year...also I had two other students for the first 3 day class, my new boyfriend Altan & his assistant in real life Gulsen...Last but not least my assistant & favorite bead maker friend Gunay has been doing the very hard job of translating from English to Turkish...I teach in English to Gunay, she translates to Turkish, then I teach in Persian to Nasrine, at first it was odd, but now we all speak English, Turkish & Persian, sort of...its kind of a mad house, but a good one...we have discovered that Persian & Turkish have many words in common, so we have started a list on the board in class...We laugh so much that the office people & hot shop people walk by our class wondering what kind of party is going on inside...Next week I will have 15 people total in class including Gunay & myself, most everyone will be speaking Turkish, it will be an interesting 3 day class I am sure of it....
First night here, out to dinner with my friends Pinar Hakim & Gunay & my new friend (red head)Gaye.
A photo of our lovely dinner...
Nice day for a drive to Istanbul...
Brenda wins the bead set from last week, as she was correct I was just leaving the house & saying goodbye to Sammy...so pick your colors girl...
Thanks for stopping by...Life is good...Turkey is Awesome...
Jelveh
Peace
2 comments:
Hi Jelveh:
Oh, what I wouldn't give to be there with you. How wonderful it would be to make beads with you, see and enjoy Turkey, eat scrumptious new-to-me food, and have a blast with new friends!
Enjoy every single minute if it! Knowing you, I don't think that I really have to tell you that. You always enjoy life to its fullest!
Ginny
Greetings from state side,
Jelveh it sounds like you are having such a great time and I am so envious! What a thrill it would be to be there learning from you and meeting such nice people. That's what life should be about, fine food, fine friends, fine yummies from Jelveh, and enjoying every moment of every day. I'm so excited to win the first blog prize, winning Jelveh's yummies is like opening a beautiful birthday present. I put much thought into the timeframe and boy did I get lucky. Have a great time Jelveh, I can tell you already are off to a great start. What a beautiful river scene from the bridge to Istanbul.
Peace and love,
Brenda
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