Turkey qualified for the final of the Internatinoal Basketball Championships tonight. They are also hosting the event in their country. I was in a bar watching the game when they scored the winning basket with 4seconds to go. You can imagine the mood on the streets. Tomorrow is the final against the USA, as well as being referendum day (there have been heated campaigns on the streets for the past 2 months), combined with being the final day of the eid bank holiday weekend - it will be an interesting Sunday for sure.

Hayir!!

Learned some Turkish today. I know how to say German consulate, ‘Alman Consulugu’, phonetically speaking. Yet to master more useful phrases. I’ve also learned in 2days that turkish cab drivers DO NOT know where anything is. They just nod to your instruction and then drive around and get lost. They then ask other cab drivers, who also don’t know any better. Once they have done enough wandering, the law of averages swoops in to save them and they stumble upon the correct road…after which a bartering match will ensue: the meter vs the passenger.

Passenger is currently up 2-0.