guest entry from kristen

hey folks. this is what kristen wrote for her own blog, and i thought i'd repost it for you guys so that you can have another perspective.


with love from constantinople
MERHABA!!!! I am in Istanbul, Turkey. got here friday night after a long flight where i made a friend from azerbajan and then there was this loquacious turkish man flailing his hands the whole time and talking about how he was looking for good people because he loves good people and then i took the tram alone and there were only men and i felt weird but then there were women. and then i got to the hostel and i was very tired air france lost my bag it sucked. but then it came later, after nicole got here. no sleep too much turkish beer and somehow i made out with Vili. bad idea he is insane and wants me to move here and live with him sketchy he kept waking me up note to self no hostel employees because now he wont go away because loco loco. then the next day we went to Haga Sofia, the Blue Mosque, the underground cistern, the grand bazaar etc. we made some friends in the mosque i really liked the mosque very peaceful and serene. WE are the only Uruguayoas in Turkey. We met the same pair of kids 3 times but each time they pretended not to know us. new best friends are the best. We went to Taksim square at night and saw this fun turkish pop band with Naco and Becky and Vili and some other kid i dont know from California who says this other girl I know from the US has a crush on him. They sang a song in English about a sexbone. Also Nicole is a superstar. before she got here i met 2 people who knew her from Prague. Crazy. some socialist and another boy with really bad hair. rad, but what is not so rad is that nicole fell in a hole and then me on top and owwwww owwww she hurty hurty in the bed with pillow ice and blankey. Vili was mad and said he was going to break his foot too. too much drama no thanks. and then yesterday we looked for crutches but didnt know how to say it in Turkish and we never found any but I think I found a 12 year old husband for Nicole and we saw the Golden Horn and lots of stuff for sale but everyone kept saying how everything was closed. did not look closed to me. then went to see the whirling dirvishes at the train station it was awesome they whirled and whirled like in a trance and then we went to the TURKISH BATH. It was awesome, everyone wet and naked and then they cleaned us and then washed our hair stroking naked naked lots of naked. then last night we came here and it was fun i was tired had not been able to sleep and then went to bed late again and then today got up and now we are waiting for crutches and Becky. And then tonight we are taking the overnight train to bulgaria. sorry for the stream of consciousness. in a hurry and wanted to update. evil eye evil eye a la TSATF eye but really the Istanbul eye. Can someone please use a high quality printer to give me pictures of saddaam in his underwear hot hot hot turkish bath. Istanbul is so great, east meets west, Europe and Asia. The people are really friendly and open, it reminds me a little of latin america. going to topkapi and asia now. I want more turkish bath. I will write more later. Adios!