Back from Istanbul
Actually, I got back yesterday, but I was too tired to write about it.
It was fun. Great. Fun. I had never lived Istanbul like that. I had always been there as a journalist, or as someone engaged in human rights issues and the Kurdish question, so I had always seen the city from a very peculiar point of view. This time I was a tourist, even if I had free entrance to places like Hagia Sophia or the Topkapi Palace thanks to my press card. And, yes, it was the first time in Turkey I didn't hide being a journalist. Except one morning, to a too curious young guy: I told him I was a student because "journalist" would have meant an increased curiosity, and I wasn't really in the mood for that.
Because I was just recovering from a wild night. I had been dancing with my colleagues and three other friends' friends, and had drank way too much beer. I admit I had never thought I could get drunk for beer. And it wasn't nice at all. Even worse than wine. But it was worth it. I danced like crazy, and like I hadn't done for years, I think.
I will soon upload some photos on my Flickr page.
Well, in short I had fun. And I discovered a Turkish rock-ska-punk group, Athena. Wow! I can't stop listening to them.
But, I also did something "serious". You can find something about it on my Turkish Diary blog.
It was fun. Great. Fun. I had never lived Istanbul like that. I had always been there as a journalist, or as someone engaged in human rights issues and the Kurdish question, so I had always seen the city from a very peculiar point of view. This time I was a tourist, even if I had free entrance to places like Hagia Sophia or the Topkapi Palace thanks to my press card. And, yes, it was the first time in Turkey I didn't hide being a journalist. Except one morning, to a too curious young guy: I told him I was a student because "journalist" would have meant an increased curiosity, and I wasn't really in the mood for that.
Because I was just recovering from a wild night. I had been dancing with my colleagues and three other friends' friends, and had drank way too much beer. I admit I had never thought I could get drunk for beer. And it wasn't nice at all. Even worse than wine. But it was worth it. I danced like crazy, and like I hadn't done for years, I think.
I will soon upload some photos on my Flickr page.
Well, in short I had fun. And I discovered a Turkish rock-ska-punk group, Athena. Wow! I can't stop listening to them.
But, I also did something "serious". You can find something about it on my Turkish Diary blog.