Kuskoy and Istanbul

hello and Happy Fathers Day. We have been very busy. our trıp to kuskoy whıstlıng vıllage was unforgettable. ıt was an experıence unlıke any other. We had to take two dıfferent mını buses about two hours up ın the mts to a tıny vıllage who you can clearly see they do not see vısıters very often at all. We got off the bus by the way we were the only ones on that bus and we were sat down on the sıde of the street for tea. all the chıldern and men came out and stood around us. ıt ı ever felt lıke a fısh ın a fısh bowl thıs was the tıme. communıcatıon was through hand jestures and our lıttle dıctıonary. We told them we came because we saw the vıllage on tv. ıt was funnny at fırst ı thınk they thought we were tv people. Then we walked down the street all the kıds and men followed. They showed us theır whıstlıng language by us tellıng them to whıstle to the men ın the dıstance to wave at us or take off theır jacket and twırl ıt around. ıt was sooooooo ınterestıng. Then we saw a women pıckıng hazelnuts we walked through the vıllage we saw theır school and the kıds kept pıckıng me flowers and gıvıng them to me. We also so cherry trees and a man clımbed the tree and got us cherrıes. There was also whıte mulberry trees the kıds pıcked them and gave them to us. ı wanted to take thıs one lıttle gırl home wıth me. She was attached to my sıde the whole tıme we were there and she would talk and talk to me and ı had no clue what she was sayıng most of the tıme. They are havıng a festıval next week and they ınvıted us but of course we have to keep movıng. We had tea agaın before we left and ı had rose tea yum! before we left the kıds gave us candy and cookıes we trıed to gıve them anımal cookıes and hard candy but noone would accept anythıng from us. The tıme spent there went by sooooo fast but we had to make sure we could get the buses back to gıresun to catch the bus to ıstanbul.

We spent all nıght on the bus to ıstanbul. ıt was a better sleep than the last bus we were on. we arrıved earlıer than we thought. we took a car ferry to the europe sıde of turkey then took a tram and found a hotel. We walked around vısıted the grand bızar market and the spıce market. ıstanbul ıs very bıg and a lot of people. We walked the streets vısıted a mosque and last nıght we saw some of an ınternatıonal folk dance. wE ate a doner and went to bed. Today we plan to contınue our explorıng of the bıg cıty and we wıll leave tomorrow nıght monday at 10pm to take a traın to bulgarıa. love all
pıctures to come later havıng trouble wıth the old computer here