Resident Life

One of the perks (or burdens, depending on how you look at it) of living on campus is that I am allowed to accompany the residential students (boarding students) to various activities around town. My first event was Iftar, the traditional breaking of the fast which takes place nightly in Sultanahmet during Ramazan. It was very much like a somewhat more religious version of the State Fair, complete with rides and cotton candy in addition to more traditional Turkish foods.

My second resident event was last night, when we went to the Sabanci Museum's Dali exhibit.

The art was both beautiful and disturbing, the students behaved well, and there was even a Dali animated short film showing! All in all a very fun evening that produced some very strange dreams.