I MOVED!!

Putting that in normal print just didn't set the mood right. So yes as the title suggests I have moved to my second host family. 

Sorry it's so big but it's hard to read otherwise. So I was living in the little redish pinkish spot called Konak and now I've moved to the live green space called Bornova. Believe it or not that's 40 minutes by public transportation. So I'm commuting to school now. Yay :D I'm not near the sea anymore, but I should see it when I go to school in the mornings. I've also moved from an apartment to a house which is rather weird. I was really getting used to the apartment thing.

My family here is really nice. My host mom doesn't really know English so my Turkish is going to hopefully pick up fast! I am forced to be around it and that's probably really good for me. I have a little sister again in this house but she's 10 this time. She's really sweet and nice and really loves dogs. She's got the names of the ones around our house. My host dad knows a lot of English but he still talks to me in Turkish a bunch and is helping me get it down.
Well yesterday 4 of us exchanges decided to go ice skating. The rink is only about 30 minutes away from my house so it was easy to get there, and turns out it's only 5 lira for 45 minutes of skating! (That's a little less than 3 dollars) It was awesome, but I am really sore today. Hopefully I can go a lot and get better at skating. I only fell twice yesterday so I think that's a good thing.

Max!

Heloisa, me, and Felipe

Felipe, me, and Max

Me!

The whole gang

We had a lot of fun and decided this was something we want to do more often. :)

In other news, there was a huge thunder and lightning storm that decided to start at 6am this morning and that included rain that sounded like hail. It's rainy season haha. It's supposed to rain tomorrow and Sunday too. Let's hope I don't get flooded out :P

That's all for now,

Monica