Such a perfect day

Oh man, was today ever nice. Last week was long and tiring (which is why I didn’t blog at all) with 8 hours on the road both Tuesday and Wednesday to get to interviews outside Istanbul; then I had a proposal due at the end of the week.

But today I just relaxed. The weather was perfect, so I walked to a park near our place and took pictures for a couple hours, then walked to another park where there was a performance (trapeze in tree, acrobatics, etc.) in honor of Women’s Day. After this I sat at an outdoor cafe and read a newspaper for a while, had some tea and Turkish coffee, took some more pictures, and headed home. This evening I cooked some fish on our balcony and marveled that I could see the Big Dipper and the North Star from the center of a city with 12 million people and all their lights.

I gotta remember to take a full day off more often.