For the last five days (Tuesday-Saturday), I’ve been in Ankara for Fulbright orientation, an intense and extremely helpful experience. I haven’t been posting because the orientation was so exhausting; I’m full of ideas for outreach projects, research plans, and English teaching techniques. Unfortunately, I didn’t get much time to see Ankara’s sites (primarily the Anitkabir– Atatürk’s mausoleum– and the Anatolian Civilizations Museum)– I was sick on Tuesday, we were busy all day Wednesday-Saturday morning, I missed the group field trip to the museum Friday afternoon because Fulbright took some of us to set up our bank accounts, and Saturday afternoon I was incredibly exhausted. Alas. However, I’m confident I’ll be back before the end of the year, and this trip was deeply informative and very useful for its purposes.
Over the next couple of days, I should get a definite teaching schedule for the semester, find out more about university administrivia, submit (or get closer to submitting) my application for a residence permit, and sign a lease on an apartment. Inşallah, inşallah.1 With luck, I’ll also get a few moments to update here with some more of how things are going, my daily life, and Turkish color. For now, though, iyi geceler,2 and more soon.
It’s hard to believe I’ve only been here for a little over a week.
1: God willing.
2: Good night.
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