7 Ocak 2009 Çarşamba

ISTANBUL DREAM

Istanbul is one of the most beautiful cities in Turkiye,and it has also a good reputation in the world.It is a dream that must be lived by everyone.The bridges that combine the Asian and Europe,They are not only bridges of roads but also of cultures.
I think Istanbul has a magic taking people to itself.Green and blue are in an incredible harmony.Looking from one of the hills to Istanbul....A lot of poets use it in their poems.It gives inspire to writers,too.In our culture's poets I can give example of Yahya Kemal Beyatlı,Orhan Veli etc.
Birds are even different in Istanbul.They fly differently,they carry love with them.Bosphorus...It is incredible to believe it but it is real.Leaving yourself into the deep waters of the Bosphorus,losing something at the back roads of Istanbul....You feel yourself in Istanbul.
Getting up in beyoğlu,having breakfast in Fatih across to the sea,travelling in Topkapı Palace by getting lost in history,swimming in Beykoz are the only some parts of Istanbul Dream.It is number one in history,number one in beauty like other cities in our country.
Of course it has some problemsIt is overcrowding,polluted.It has traffic congession etc.but it still save its beauty in itself.If you still did not go there,visit it one time and come in the magical dream of Istanbul...

LITHUANIA

When I was in high school,we went to Lithuania via the Comenious Project.Our teachers were interested in the project,they encouraged us to go.The pirincipal selected three or four students in each class. On 28th march,we firstly went to İstanbul by bus.We arrived in airport and then we went on plane.
After the 3-hour-journey,we saw there.When we came in their airport the students and their teachers met us.I met the girl with whom I would stay in home for 10 days.It was Egle,at the same age with us.
The next day,we began to travell.They brought us to their school.It was very big and beautiful.In theır system not the teachers but the students change the class.Now that each teacher has own class.
We went to Trakai.It was the place where the Turks lived in times.There was a castle ın the mıddle of a lake.It used to belong to Turks of that time.Moreover we travelled some museums.
The city center is divided into two part.One part is called Old Lithuania and the other is New Lithuania.In Old Lithuania,there were a lot of churches.In New Lithuania part,there were a lot of new buldings usually used for bussiness.
We went to ice-skying.I had done it for the first time in my life so I fell down several times and everybody laughed at me.Then we went to ride horse.It was also very enjoyful.
When we were there,we had difficulty in finding food.It was very difficult to eat food good for us.As you know they consume pork a lot,we always went to MC Donald's to eat chicken.I remember drinking "macoroni soup" in the house.
Our travell lasted ten days.We enjoyed it a lot.But it is impossible to tell everything here.We got really happy to have gone there.It is very good to know new cultures.