Sunday Stroll

We figured out what all the shooting was about last night: It is the Turkish Independence Day...and this weekend is their "4th of July". The father of modern Turkey was "Mustafa Kemal Ataturk". He insisted that Independence day be coupled with "National Children's Day", because the future of Turkey belonged to the children. People are in high gear this weekend, flags are flying, guns are being fired, and the streets are full of kids playing and people walking around.
We were able to spend several hours today working on language. Just learning how to count to 30 and the days of the week are our goals for the next few days. We are actually using children's readers in Turkish to help us.
We took a long walk this afternoon and explored more of our neighborhood. We are just a few blocks away from the local insane asylum....don't know if that is a portent of things to come or not? :)
The people we have met are very kind. In a future post we will talk about Stanley's friend Mr. Bitari.

Ataturk's Picture At A Local School

Backgammon Afternoon