Saturday, June 2, 2012

Fun Things! Fun People! In Turkey!

Aside from the trip to the lake, we were pretty much confined to a college campus during our stay in Turkey. And since they kept us quite busy, it wasn't until the end of the week when I brought my camera out to prove that we were there!
The view from a hill on campus. Please note the snow-covered mountain in the background.


Daily coffee and ice cream in the courtyard. Who would have guessed I'd drink an entire Turkish Coffee by myself??


Obligatory (and surprisingly successful!) group photo in front of the festival posters:


Berkay, our awesome guide/handler throughout the week took that photo, and then proceeded to direct an artsy photo shoot with us, resulting in several crazy and cool photos, like this one!


This is Berkay! He's the greatest!


I insisted on recreating the poster image with him:


Then traditional Turkish dancing commenced on the lawn. For the second time that week!


Aaaaaaand so did impromptu acrobatics. And since we'd created minotaurs out of 1, 2, and 3 people for our show, we decided to find a 4 person minotaur! 


Success! Also, we made lots of friends from all over the world! Here we are with folks from Turkey, Iran, and the Czech Republic!


Apparently this festival is a big enough deal that the governor of the town came to the award ceremony. He's the balding guy in the dark suit on the left. The car was about the most exciting part of that arrival...

Award ceremony time! Look at all the trophies and cool stuff wrapped in shiny stuff!


Claudia was recognized for teaching an awesome workshop:


And we got the Jury's Special Award! Holla!


And I leave you with...

This:


...Because we're weird like that :-P

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