GROUP JOURNAL FOR Earlham College

Today is the last day for us to keep group diary. I cannot believe that our travel will finish in two days. I feel like I have still one or two more weeks to travel with everyone. It’s kind of sad. I want to be with our group more. Today, we went to Izmit from Bursa. On the way to Izmit, Julie gave us a box of chocolate. She said, “This is for you. Our group is such a great group. Thank you all.” She is very sweet person. After arriving in Izmit, Yasumin said that the town had reconstructed everything. I could not believe that the town was destroyed 10 years ago, because there were no clues to tell the influence of earthquake.At lunch, we went to a restaurant by the Black Sea. We had salad, eggplants with yogurt source, beans and fried fishes. After the lunch, we said “Thank you” for Salim. I really appreciate him. He is always kind and his driving skill is amazing. I cannot imagine that our travel without him. Thank you Salim!!We went to a village which is near the Black Sea. Yasumin said that we would be the first guests of the village. The village is famous for making Pismaniye, which is a Turkish sweat made from sugar, flour and butter, and linen products. We saw both process of making the sweat and linen.

When we left the village, people gave us a lot of pismaniye. The people were very friendly and kind.At 7:00 pm, we arrived in Istanbul. We came back!! I felt that I came back home. The time past really fast because our travel was very fun. I cannot believe I am in Istanbul now.

I want to say this to all of our group. “Thank you everyone!! I really enjoyed this travel because I traveled with you all. Through this travel, I came to love two things; Turkey and my group.”

And, thank you fro your cooperation for this group diary

~Fin~

This diary is written by artists in “the Traditional Art of Turkey”

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