Tuesday, March 2, 2010

A walk across Ataturk Bridge to the university






2 March, my first day.

The bridge is lively in the morning with fisherman and traffic.

The university is the row of beige buildings across the golden horn.

About a 15-minute walk from my apartment.

Suleymaniye mosque on the hill above the mouth of the golden horn, a view of the

aqueduct in the background.

The view back towards the Galata tower (the opposite shore from the university).


My apartment building is just beneath the tower about 4 blocks and two blocks down the hill to the golden horn. Sadly not much of a view, though a wonderful apartment.


here /there


The view as I left on Sunday from home

The view from my window 24 hours later.

Yes 60 degrees and sunny.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

preparing to leave



21 feb

here in Batavia,

still snow.

one week till I leave, today

brilliant sunshine and blue sky

And of course happy birds!

Saturday, February 6, 2010