Being Annie

Happy Halloween! Except, Halloween has no importance here. BOO! (See what I did there? Yaa, it's a good thing I can easily make myse...

My host sister works as a flight attendant in Istanbul, so we spent the weekend of Bayram in Istanbul with her because she wasn't able...

29 th October is Turkish Republic Day, which is basically their equivalent of the 4 th of July in America. They aren't exactly the ...

A couple of weeks ago was the Islamic holiday of sacrifices. The story that I read on Facebook about Bayram (the holiday's name) was ...

On October 18 th , I took the bus to Izmir in order to meet up with the other exchange students and go on our first trip together to Capad...

I think if you were to ask an exchange student what the best part of their exchange year was, it would probably be an event that involved ...

I've finally been able to get into a routine after being here for a month and a half, and I go to school everyday from 8:50am-5pm and ...

Last night I realized I really like writing about people in my life.  This doesn't really have much to do with my exchange but, keepin...

As I've said in my earlier blog posts, I'm pretty bored at school because the English classes are really easy for me and I underst...

I've been meaning to blog for a few days now, but I haven't been home since Friday morning, so I haven't had access to WiFi to...