Antalya

It was very, very hot today, and we all know how well I do in the heat––not very. As such, I am quite tired and lethargic and I do not really want to write anything. Fortunately, not a whole lot happened, but I'll be keeping it super brief even so:

Kaleiçi: Super cute

And they hate cars so much you have to go through this
toll gate to even get into it. Those who stay at lodging inside
are absolved the traffic fee, fortunately.

Set my alarm for 8:30 to check if the language schools had responded, went back to sleep until 9:30 when they had not. Got up around 10:00 to eat breakfast, then went back to sleep. Woke up at 2:45, still no response from the schools. Tried to find them on Google Maps, but was completely unable to locate one of them (Antalya Language School). The map on their website didn't work, either, so for all I know, they do not exist. Took forever to get out of the pension, and also awhile to find our way out of Kaleiçi, what with the tiny winding streets and dearth of street signs. Made our way to the other school, but it was closed; seems conveniently located (a block away from the tram), but I don't know if I'd be able to bear going to school here in the summer anyways: the lack of cooling down at night is really a bummer, though our pension owner said this is an unusually hot time, so I'll try not to write it off entirely just yet.

Weird statues of Roman/Greek ancients using modern technology
along Atatürk Blvd

I love this guy's expression

Ate pide for dinner––basically pizza on pita bread, and it was delicious.

Free starter salad

Karışık pide (beef, cheese, and peppers)

Kıymalı pide (spiced ground beef)

Wandered some, checked out some stores, and got some baklava and a weird kiwi slushy.

Subpar, as far as baklava goes.

Total spent on food for the day: 34 TL. Better than last couple days! Drank a lot of water. Now relaxing in our somewhat air conditioned room, though it is still quite humid (and even with a/c on full, upwards of 75 degrees). Tomorrow, we will visit the Antalya Museum, which apparently has all the most awesome finds from the ancient ruins around the southwest Mediterranean, so it should be fun!

Mountains across a harbor

Then packing in preparation for our flight to Berlin on Sunday. Crazy that we're almost done with this leg of the trip!

Next post, I will include all the subject pronouns.