chicks and more

i have just not felt like posting which is really sad. sorry.
so updates i still need to talk about bodrum!
Well bodrum is beautiful! I felt like it was a combination of Mexico, California and Greece. All the buildings can only be two floors and have to be a white color. I had the best food there! seriously it was amazing! They have this pomegranate syrup stuff that you use as a salad dressing along with olive oil and it is the most delicious stuff ever! we had super fresh fish, and sea food, and so much more!
The first day we got there in time to drive from the airport to the main city part as the sun was going down. incredibly beautiful.
we drove through the main tourist part of town and it was so lively. there were people shopping, going to bars, and eating out. we got to our hotel which was this really cute little place. We spent the night there and the next day we decided to go look at the tourist town part and go shopping. We took the back way and I was dying for my camera. luckily zeynep let me use hers a little and i got some great shots. I still cant wait to get my own camera. I love the back ways. the houses are beautiful! all white with colorful shutters usually a royal blue and just about every house had lots of flowers growing up the side and all around the house. it was so rustic and what i imagine Greece to be like. Shopping was mostly just looking around for stuff for zeynep. it was weird but kind of good to spend time with just us three (me, zeynep, and Yudum). We were mostly looking for Bodrum sandles which are basically strappy leather sandles but Bodrum is famous for them. They are all hand made but it was out of price range for me, about $50 for most pairs. I got a sunburn from just walking around that day! i was shocked. oh and i was super excited because i saw this add and it had Audrey Hepburn on it! I totally thought of Alyssa Chudleigh and Jake Firl!!! miss you kids and our Audrey movie nights!
We spent the rest of the vacation at Kellys famalies apartment which was actually super getto for how rich these people are. They were trying to get Yudum to buy one too but there was no way Yudum would get that place after they saw it. It was nice in the part that looked lived in but it was on this random road and there were wild chickens that walked around the place. There were some other places that we looked at later which were super nice and we will be staying in one for a few weeks during the summer and i will put up pics of how nice these places are! its insane! but sweet for me :)
For kelly and I it was work the entire time. the parents kept saying how this was our vacation too and how we should relax but we were still supposed to watch, take care of, and entertain the kids. We would tan a bit and they would sometimes comment how we spent our time tanning and not hanging out with the kids but we were. the kids just didnt want us all the time since they had each other. things got a little heated and i was not happy most of the trip. Yudum was so rude! she kept treating me like i was just help, then act extremely fake and then be super nice to me. i didnt know what to think and i still dont. One day they asked us to get the kids out of the pool by 6:15 so we could get ready and leave for dunner by 7. Kelly and I started to tell the kids the time we would have to get out 20 min before then 15 then 10 and so on because we knew it was going to take forever to get them out like the night before. The kids got mad, ran to their moms and the moms told them that they could stay in longer so they ran back to us made faces and taunted us like "we got our way, we won, we dont have to listen to you" and they jumped in the pool. I was completely fed up and i marched up the the moms and had a talk with them. I gave it to them but i was nice and understanding about it but it baffaled me how thick these people could be about their children. I think it was mostly cuz they didnt want to be put in their place by their help. we smoothed things over enough but things are still kind of weird.
Most of the trip was going out to eat at these really nice places for about two hours at least and the parents sat and talked while we took care of the kids. At dimmer the kids would be falling asleep at the table since it would be about 10pm and the parents would be talking and just ordering tea and coffee! The rest of the trip was spent either at the sea side with some sort of catering or by the pool. all in all it was a tought trip with work and frustrating beyond belief but it was beautiful and i got to spend some time with Kelly and three amazing kids.
oh we went to this completely traditional breakfast at this place where this old lady made a restaurant behind her house and used what she grew from her garden and produced herself. everything was completely homemade! the burrak and breads and everything. it was delicious! she cooked everything right there in this tiny kitchen and it was amazing to see Turkish foods made traditionally.

This week there has been some beef with Kelly and her host mom seyda which is partly why i have not felt like posting. basically i am not going to see kelly as much anymore but not because i did anything wrong but some people are not liking me as much as they should for unknown reasons. Lame and i am kind of pissed at Kelly too. But i have gotten to spend some awesome time with Aley which has been so fun. I spent the night at her house and the next day we went to the city. There is this huge park in the city and in it there was this Palace for the guests of the sultan and such. it was incredible! we could not take pictures unfortunately but we got some sweet pics in a part of the grounds that were not really explored anymore and was overgrown. i have to get them from Aley.
The big thing was that at the bus stop there was this man with a box full of baby chicks, and baby ducks! There were even some brightly colored chicks which is so sad for them. We saw him when we arrived and decided that if he was there on the way back we would get one. Well he was there. So now i have two baby chicks in my room! Yudum was really good about us  getting them and so was Aleys mom. we are going to just trade them back and forth everyother day until they get too big and we will give them to some friends. I named mine Nugget and she is this cute little fat adventurous thing. She doesnt even cry that much but she eats a ton! Aleys is named Bubba and he is the cry baby! hardly stops the thing. If you dont give it enough attention, or it is away from the other for more than a min it freaks out! haha they are so cute i love them. Zeynep absolutely loves them too. I have a feeling i will wake up to zeynep sitting on my floor trying to see the chicks.
Well thats all for now. I will have more to say soon!
Take care!

now enjoy some pics!