Work

Bloody hate working - much better not knowing what you're doing - at least you can get up whenever you want. But, work it is. At the moment Adrienne's working a massive 12 hours a week whilst yours truly is doing 31 hours for less money - doh! We have organised ourselves a nice flat and are settling down to the everyday life of Istanbul (Asian side) It has been so nice to be able to cook for ourselves!! Eating out is not only expensive, but really hard work when you HAVE to do it every night. Fortunately my work was able to lend us a cooker and fridge. However we've got no furniture at the moment so we're still living a little rough!

We're still loving the area - Kadikoy. Our flat is near the sea and we overlook the beautiful mosques of "Old Istanbul". This area has virtually no tourists and has a vibrant bar/cafe culture which really suits us. Lots of hubbly bubbly cafes and neat bars.

We're frustrated that we haven't learnt much of the language yet - it's not as easy as Indonesian to pick up!

We're hoping that people might actually want to come and visit us here - we've even got a spare room! Georgie has already booked her ticket and we've heard encouraging noises from others - we'd love to see everyone!! Personally I don't know why you miserable buggers didn't want to come see Dohuk. Seemed alright to me....

So there you have it. Fairly mundane really. Just to keep things livened up we've got some people staying with us already. An American couple who are really nice and lovely and so on. They're motorbiking across the world at the moment for their honeymoon - as you do. Got stuck here whilst waiting for their Iranian visas (why is it such a problem for Americans to get into Iran I wonder?) so they're the first to use our spare room! Nice to keep that spirit of adventure close...

So that's about it. If anyone's got a spare table please feel free to send it our way...

Love A and A