by ronnholm | Jul 26, 2015 | Research Blog
Our first full work week has come and gone, and although we’ve only been here for a week and a half, I feel like we’ve been in Turkey much longer than that. The other students and I have, for the most part, acclamated well to our new surroundings and our...
by Eleanor Fuelling | Jul 26, 2015 | Research Blog
Right now I’m sitting in a restaurant run by an expat, eating a cheeseburger and looking at a decorative drawing of Sherlock Holmes. First of all, not what you’d expect from a trip to Turkey, is it? But more to the point, the drawing of Sherlock Holmes reminded me of...
by davis5 | Jul 26, 2015 | Research Blog
Do you remember how in elementary or maybe middle school, when they had everyone take a little quiz to determine what kind of learner you are? Visual, auditory, etc.? Well, I have always been a tactile and kinetic learner. I was the girl in your science lab group who...
by meyerse | Jul 26, 2015 | Research Blog
Though I know the Lord of the Rings was filmed in New Zealand, I think Gandalf’s declaration to the balrog while in the Mines of Moria are easily applicable to the Turkish landscape here in Gazipasa as well. This land is beautiful, but ruggedly so, and every...
by Anna Lund | Jul 22, 2015 | Research Blog
Last year I wrote a blog entry titled “Ah ha!” – describing the moment when the connections between our site, the sites we had been visiting, and the information gleaned from our lectures came together – this was the moment in which I realized the significance of...
by hubler1 | Jul 19, 2015 | Research Blog
5 days have passed since I first arrived at the Istanbul Airport (Ataturk) and a lot has happened. First I had a the chance to take a quick run through the city sightseeing at various points of interest, all while being enamored by the exotic beauty of the country...
