Last week I was talking to my friend Ferdag, and I was asking her if there was any place here I could get some tacos or burritos. She said there was this place "El Torrinto" or something similar to that, but she had never been. So, we took a chance and made a short trip by metro/foot out to try it. Turns out, it is 100% legit. Just like any of the themed mexican joints in America. The food was DELICIOUS, although a little expensive. We bought ordered the nachos supreme, and it lived up to my high expectations. Def a little bit of home, and it was much needed. I want to go back, but after we left the metro we went on a straight trip to Narnia. We had to cross highhways and cut through malls, fight off beastly lions tigers and bears. Haha, nah, I think I could find my way back with my nose though. Below is a pic of the double d-lish meal
A little bit of debby-downer news now. I think I am going to push back my triathlon date to something closer to august. I just cant seem to stay in good health here. The food here just doesnt cooperate with my body. I keep getting stomach and butt "episodes" haha. Well, I have been good for the past week, so I'm hoping it is all gone. I am cooking just about all of my meals at the crib now, trying to avoid as much of the cheap food as I can. Gotta shout of my roomie, Jeremy (aka JEEMY hahaha), he showed me a really simple and amazing egg sandwich that I have been making a lot...pretty much everyday for dinner. I was worried about too much cholesterol from the eggs (two a day), but I did some research and apparently two eggs a day can help lower your cholesterol levels [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,410509,00.html]. So that worked out beautifully.
I have a few more trips planned before I get on the metal bird and go over the pond. Tomorrow I'm going to the Turkish/Bulgarian border. I have to get my visa renewed...if not I am illegal on Monday. Hahaha, so yeah, should be fun. The city we are going to was the first capital of the Ottoman Empire, little history lesson. We are going by bus in the morning, and the best part is it is going to cost me about $25 round trip to go to Bulgaria hahaha. Awesome.
At the end of April, me and all my friends are going to a city called Alanya in southeast Turkey. It is right on the Mediterranean Sea, so I am pummmmmmped about being able to swim there. We are going for 3 days/4 nights. We are staying in a 5 star hotel, all meals and drinks paid. All that plus the bus ride down there is only going to cost me about $175. So crazy, I have no idea how the people got the deal so cheap. So it should be amazing. Below is a picture of the Alanyan beach
lastly, today I went to the movies and saw Marley & Me. Its actually called "Marley & Ben" over here because 'me' translates as 'ben' in turkish. Haha, sounds like a gay man flick or something. Anyways, it was a cool experience. When me and my friend Jenny bought the tickets, they let us choose from a digital screen where we wanted to sit. Then, they gave us our tickets with our seat numbers on them. It was absolutely genius, reserved seating (apparently everywhere except America does this). About halfway through the movie, it looked like the movie film just was pulled off or something. The lights came on, I was like "great, it broke". Nope, it was an intermission hahaha. For real, they had like a 10 minute break to let people get up and do whatever it is that is so important they can wait 120 minutes to do. The movie was in english, with turkish subtitles. And btw, the movie was horribly depressing at the end. But, good overall.
Alright, I'm off to the little market to pick up some turkish ice cream. We will see how that is! Sorry for the long post, I just had a lot to update. MOTO GP STARTS IN ONE HOUR AND 38 MINUTES! love peace and turkish mexican nachos grease
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