Oktoberfest & Eskisehir

What a wonderful weekend! After an incredibly busy week a few of us had an incredible little taste of Germany at Oktoberfest at the German Embassy. After a bit of a rough start (our bus didn’t show up, we couldn’t find a table, etc.) we quickly joined the festivities. There was traditional German food (a nice change from all of the Turkish food!), beer, and dancing! I think we all had a great time.

Saturday morning, Joanie and I went off on our first adventure out of the city by ourselves. We managed to navigate the Ankara train station and made it to Eskisehir in one piece. We probably could’ve done a little research before going because as soon as we jumped off that train we both said, “now what?” We walked around a bit and impressed ourselves with how much Turkish we could actually speak! So exciting! We met some wonderful ladies at a little craft fair we stumbled upon and even did some shopping with a Turkish girl we met while walking around. It was fun, but we both agreed that we can now check Eskisehir of the list.