A Brief Tour

Peregrination

[per-i-gruh-ney-shuhn]

To travel from one place to another, especially on foot

Well this post is long in coming...I've been meaning to do it for ages. Uh, sorry this took so long, Dad. :)

So let me take you on a metaphoric walk around the family's house here in Istanbul.

Let's start in my room....

That's Turkish Monopoly on the floor--the kids and I had just played. But this is it in its normal state: a little messy. But you should see it right now! Gulizar just cleaned it and it looks ridiculously clean. The missing wall here has a really nice book case in it, with some English and some Turkish books. I like it.

Next stop...the area right outside my room. Like a family room, I guess.

The couches are super comfy and face towards a TV. They have a projection screen too, but we can only use it at night because it's too bright during the day. Outside of this room is the "garden" (the backyard) I posted pics of earlier. It's small but has a very nice view.

So if we walk up the stairs to what I call the main floor (it's the floor you walk in on if you go through the front door) you get to the kitchen and the living room...

Very elegant and ornate. There's even a tv hidden in what looks like a mirror. It's a mirror, with a fancy gold gilded frame, but then if you press on on the remote it's a tv screen. Pretty cool. There's Dilara's piano in the background. I tried playing it but it sounded wonky and off tune, but somehow it sounds beautiful when she plays (I suppose, it's a testament to my piano skills!)

This is the mantle in the living room--you can see some of the Muslim influence here. Really pretty.

And then if you walk up the stairs again, that's where the kids' rooms are and such. No pics, because that's weird. But I did take a picture from the top of the twisting wood staircase....

And that's about it. There's a dining room next to the living room that has a nice view but I couldn't get a good photo of it because the sun was too bright. Plus the kitchen, but that's pretty standard.

So I guess I'm signing out for now!