We always had time on our sides
Now it's fading fast
Every second every moment 

We've gotta make it last        

- Nada Surf-                                                                                

I think it is been a long time that I wrote something here. You can`t imagine how fast time passes in Istanbul. You spent an evening at Kafeinhouse just for going through your notes of the consumer behavior course and when you look once again on your watch it is half past 12. This is because you are sourrounded by nice people, having fun, laughing and talking about whatever. 

As I am addicted to cookies I was very happy to find some new ones. These are special ones. They are a bit similar to fortune cookies (not concerning the taste, they contain choclate of course) because they are respresenting your feelings and moods. On each of them you find a painting represeting different moods. This is a perfect opportunity for learning some important words in Turkish (midterm went very good by the way - cok mutluyum :)) Sorry for the wrong spelling, I have no Turkish letters on my keyboard.

As,k                                     Love
S,ans                                    Luck
Sanglik                                 Health
Mutluluk                               Happiness
Dostluk                                 Friendship
Is,                                        Work
Nes,e                                   Joy
Bas,un                                 Success
Para                                    Wealth



Walking around in the small streets of Beyoglu i found this little stror called Dogo. Look how lovely their special shoes are. I felt in love with the cherry blossom ones. In reality they look even better and have a writing on it. "how lucky we are to live under a cherry blossom".
http://www.dogostore.com/category/Ayakkabi-43/Ms.Dogo-44/Bootz-47/product-1622--CherryBlossom

 

http://web.stagram.com/p/252655868823047721_151890

 

Behind the Istiklal Caddesi you find a bit hidden the Fransız Sokağı, the French street which offers a great varity of bars, restaurants, wine locals and often playing live music. Everything is colorful and the atmosphere is warm and lovly.

http://www.orientblog.de/aktuell/die-franzosische-strase-rue-francaise

 

Nothing is impossible and everything can happen to you while you are walking through Istiklal Caddesi. So we found ourselves in beetween the shooting of a scene for a famous Turkish soap called Kayip Sehir and we did not realize that Ilker Kaleli was standing next to us :)
http://www.diziler.com/dizi/kayip-sehir/oyunculari

Have you heard about Leman Kültür?
http://www.lmk.com.tr/istanbul
This cafe offers you an impression of the work of famous Turkish cartoonists, the walls are full of their paintings and you are only surrounded by Turkish people because tourists don't find the way there very easily ;)