BETTER THAN I EXCEPTED

53 days here already. And I still don`t feel anything connected with reality. I have no idea - if I live in a fairytale or do I still dream? 

Autumn slowly takes over Balikesir. It`s so lovely. A little bit cold wind, people in coats,  yellow leaves of the trees, puddles of rain water, which reflects sunny sky with a few clouds, sometimes rain showers and very loud thunder with a lightning, which makes even day lighter. After that the sun comes up again and people take off their hats and coats. Sunshines are touching their faces and it feels like a spring. Reborn after autumn feeling. 

And ME in the middle of all this - fighting with my emotion waves, which takes me high and after that tries to drown me, by immersing deep under the water. And when I`m down, I understand that it was my decision to go to "swim" and it`s not fault of waves, that water draws into my mouth. And then I start to laugh about my silliness, cause actually everything is fine, more then fine. 
I`m just a little......homesick maybe. But it` s not because of me, it`s because of people back there. If I could move all of them here, with me - I wouldn`t go back at all. 
Ahh, if we talk about going back - this is what almost happened with me. Till today I was here ilegally. How cool is that? Visitors from Latvia don`t need visa to get into Turkey. But our staying is valid just for 30 days. 5 days ago I understood, that I`m in trouble, cause already 25 days my residence here is illegal. Today we went to police office to talk about this problem. Luckily the policeman was nice and he gave us exctly one day to apply for a residence permission, which I hope, Gamze did. 
So, I`m still not going home :D :P
I`m back on the wheels. Yesterday I repared bycicle, which I bought from Mert before one month. It`s not so comfortable and nice as my pink one at home, but it`s usable and I`m happy, that I can moove a little bit :) It`s so nice to catch wind in my face again and try to survive in turkish traffic :D 
One more nice fact - I go to salsa lessons. Last friday was the first one and I`m not so good, but whatever :) This is the time, when I won`t give up, just because it don`t work out at the beginning. I think, that I need a few more times and it will be more than fine :) 


Yesterday it was birthday for Gamze and Tuncay, so me and Boris decided to greet them somehow. I made a BIIIIG greeting card for Gamze and a little smaller for Tuncay. We wrote some nice things inside, Ray and Charley bought a cake and we had a small celebration in our flat. It was nice, especially because this was the first birthday Gamze was celebrating since I don`t know when. 

Happy birthday Gamze!

This is how it looks, when it`s raining. Streets are under the water and I`m  afraid, that I`ll need a boat one day. But luckily - when it stops to rain also water dissapears in one moment. 

My amazing turkish teacher Lebriz. Real example for being shiny every day. I mean - EVERY DAY.

This is how it usually happens :D 

Girls just want to have some fun :D 

There is also one bad point of my being here - I have no idea, how to manage my boudget. I wan`t to buy everything and I do it. And then I wonder - where are my savings and where can I get money for tickets to Istanbul :D C`moon, I eat just a little bit at home, so I don`t sped much for food. But where is it? :D Tell me?!!!!
And my days in kindergarden become better and better. I receive so much love and positive emotions there. Children are so lovely and they like me too much. When I walk in to the class, all of them run to hug me, during the day they come all the time and hug me again, when I go home - they hug me :) It`s so sweet, cause children don`t do anything just because of politenes - it comes from their hearts :) Ahh, čok guzel.

Husein and a little lovely one. Benim Aškim.

I know, that there is somebody, who miss me every day. Lovely Lara.

Today was a birthday day. How cool is that? Too many cakes , too full belly. :D

Another boy I like a lot. One of the cuttest for me :P

2 days ago I received a skype call from Madars, Pavasars and Raimonds - they were warming up for Karaoke night in the local "pub". When I was in Latvia, it didn`t seemd attracting for me at all, but now my biggest wish is to be there together with them. My friends are great - really - they are the best in whole universe :) Doesen`t matter, where you are - in Romania, France, Canada or Latvia - I miss you, I love you and I hope to see you really soon