Rainy Days = Jack Johnson Kind of Days

Loved Ones,

      You probably haven't heard a peep....but in case the Istanbul weather has happened to make any American headlines: I am fine.
     Its been raining here for days but I was surprised yesterday when part way through the afternoon the girls were delivered home by the school bus and that school was also canceled for today. Apparently there were fears the the city would flood which i thought foolish and paranoid.
      I was wrong. Watching the news tonight it is obvious that parts---some of them SURPRISINGLY close to me flooded this afternoon. I think a few people even died. But me and mine have been untouched by the weather other then the mild irritation that is experienced by those trapped inside by inclement weather when they would rather be out of doors. My only real fear now, petty as it is, is that the weather may persist and the girls may be kept home from school again tomorrow!

                              Love,
                                            Me

P.S. Its a Jack Johnson kind of day <3 

Topkapi and Israelis

I went to Topkapi Palace with a fellow AuPair and American, Kristen at the end of April and was surprisingly unimpressed. For the size and beauty of the place, it was amazingly lacking in Historical Interest....But it does have the world largest diamond on display...guess that's something it has going for it....Also on display is the the actual Staff of Moses (looked surprisingly like plastic to me) the arm, heart, and Head of John the Beloved...and at least 6 of the Prophet Muhammad's beards. I dont mean to be a critic but...really?

 

 

But in the End, it was the height of Tulip Season, and a beautiful day with a Beautiful Friend