Friday, September 28, 2012

Going to the Konak Pier to get some lunch, there are restaurants and stores where they sell branding clothes, very nice place, there is a cinema also and they present "Teddy" movie, I think I will come back later to watch it :).

Mandolin Ayran and a hamburgue is what I have for lunch, I have to try the hamburguer here ! hahaha, it is delicious ! even though I do not like "Menta", I really liked the Mandolin Ayran, is has some "menta" in :)






We need to come back to the hotel because we are getting ready for the concert tonight, Murat invited us to listen to the Berlin philharmonic at Ephesus ruins, this is amazing and once in a life time opportunity ! I heard that this is the first time in 4 years they have a concert in the Ephesus theater, we are so lucky to be here !!

I meet very nice guys during the trip, Sedef and Nazli, Arin is also coming, we are 15 in total, it takes us 1 hr to arrive to Ephesus, even though it is night, it looks like an amazing place !, really really I feel so happy and blessed for having this opportunity !!, tomorrow I am going to Capadocia, so I hope I do not oversleep hahahaha.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

#IBMCSC

A little bit behind of blogging, but here I go!!.

I wake up and put on my nice white jacket, ready for another amazing day in Izmir, which surprises does life have for me today ? i will figure it out ! :).

Lets start with a "sweet" breakfast, I love the Beyond Hotel offers breakfast, you can have a wide variety of delicious food yummy !.





IZKA team takes us out for lunch near  to the office, there is this place, Ora, the guys say they have great Turkish pizza, I want to try it ! ..... (eating hahaha), and indeed, it is delicious !, beef pizza, that to me looks more like a "huarache" but definitely tastes like pizza :). Incredible dessert, name Kúnefe, made of cheese and pasta, with azafran at the top, very nice :)

Now lets go to the Clock Tower after work,, it is an icon in Izmir, there is a big square around, Turkish flags everywhere, I like that, very patriotism people. Ballons' sellers, people enjoying the sea view, why not to do the same ? I will take a seat for a moment to enjoy the environment.







There is a Bazar next to the Clock Tower, lots of selling, clothes, food, specias, bags, etc, people are very nice and you can find everything you look for, just like a Mexican "Tianguis" or for the ones living in Guadalajara "las tiendas del centro" :D

Another beutiful sunset at Izmir, I think I already love this city !

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

#IBMCSC Wednesday Sept 26th was super day !!, we went to the office by ourselves the first time, we did not get  lost hahahaa (GPSs don't get lost hahaha). We had out 5 min walk to the office and then arrived to IZKA.

We had our Turkish coffee, Seke served it for us, he is very nice !, we call him "Sekebucks" because is like our own Starbucks, he is very sweet !. We finished the third priority of our project, getting prepared for the meeting we have on Friday as a checkpoint.

Murat, Arin and the ladies took us to te Allah, which means "mercado" in spanish. We saw a lot of handcrafts, very similar to Mexico, but the building is like 800 years old, said by Arin.

They took us to have a clasical Dürüm and Ayran, (tacote and Bebida de Yogurth haha) very delicious, and something else which look like a "lonche de bistek", I loved all the things they sell at the Allah. As for dessert we had the Sambalí, very sweet even for me hehe, but delicious as well..

After work we went out for dinner and came back to the bazar, amazing sunset at the Izmir port !!. We had a Turkish pizza, delicious also but mostly look like a Mexican "huarache", funny thing the similarity hehe.

We closed the day with a Turkish coffee at the malecon cafes, Frank, Tsubasa and myself went there after dinner and  we found Emir and Mustafa there, I met these guys one day before and are very nice, they think Mexico is just great ! and wanted to have us taking the coffee at their restaurants. Frank says I am already breaking hearts here because we went to another coffee haha, but I promised I would come back tomorrow :).  Also, I definitely have to try those "rabbits" luck lecture soon, there are some guys with baby rabbits near to the pier that make the rabbit read your luck, I don't like rabbits but I will have to make one to read it hahahaa, that way whatever I do I can definitely "blame the rabbit" ahahahaha.

We closed the day by inter-changing presents at the hotel as a team, it was nice to tell the story of how "Mariachis" work in Mexico, speaking about "Serenatas" and my culture tradition, makes me feel so proud and somehow at home. It was an amazing day  !! my CSC team is great as well !!.

Just about 11 days before departing to my CSC assignment at Turkey I can only say that I am very EXCITED and looking forward to to live wonderful experiences, this is something that will definitely change my life, and I bless for that :D #ibmcsc