day 2 in istanbul started off sunny and bright, but slowly turned into another day 1.... slightly rainy, cloudy, and pretty brisk :-( but it was still a grand old time trekking up and down hills with the crew (karolina kyle and a new bff), with me trailing a fair distance behind as always. I obviously haven't prepared myself for these spontaneous mini hikes but I'll get used to it eventually (or I'll hop on karolina's back ok perfect)
we started our day off with a delicious breakfast made by our very own in-house chef, kyle...fruit salad and eggs with some questionable orange juice on the side that may or may not have gone bad? who knows, we're still alive and kicking so it must have been fine. but I may just stick to the apple juice while we're here. r.i.p. prat + orange juice
after breakfast, we made our way back onto campus and walked along the river, stopping at a cafe for a short coffee break (ok so only karolina drank coffee but she is a working woman and she damn well deserves it). then before we traveled to taksim, karolina and I grabbed something to eat at a nearby restaurant for lunch (we get hungry nearly every hour or so). we both got the vegetable special which came with rice and yogurt and it was honestly one of the best meals I've had in my life... very authentically turkish and filling, only for around $4??? what a dealio
then we hopped onto a bus followed by the metro which took us to taksim where we had to get our student metro cards. but instead of taking around a half hour (which it should have), it took us around 2 hour...... language barriers and many other complications later, we finally managed to get our cards, which is going to make traveling around istanbul a million times cheaper and easier #bless
then a group of us found ourselves in the middle of taksim, amidst a slight drizzle, with nothing to do. we walked up a hill along lines and lines of cute shops to a pretty empty bar and spent a little time in there, just talking and drinking... kyle went a little wild with a 6 shots for 20 lira deal while karolina and I enjoyed breathing in some niiiiice air! ya!
we came home around 8 and decided to eat at a nearby burgerhouse that served craft beers and played a lot of the killers, muse, etc... aka me in middle school... it was quaint. after stuffing ourselves with vegetarian burgers (I'm pretty sure they just stuck mozzarella sticks in the middle and called it a day but it was pretty wonderful anyway) we came home, drank some red wine + coke (what a combo!) and watched fight club and fargo. and we decided to silently murder kyle halfway through the semester because he didn't like fight club. what a huge dweeb
the end....xoxo.... gossip prat
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