MY SUMMER HOLİDAY

Last year me and my best friends decided to went a holiday after the OSS.We wanted to had relax.One of my friend`s uncle has a five star all inclusive hotel in Kusadasi.I talked to my other friends and we made our decision.We came out OSS than we prepeared our suitcases.We set out about 12.00 pm by bus.We stopped of at a petrol office in Susurluk.There was a restaurant and café also.We ate toast and drank Susurluk Ayran which is famous in Turkey.After that we carried on driving to Kusadasi.I slept until Kusadasi.We got to Kusadasi and went our hotel.First day we took a rest.We went clubbing for OSS celebrating at night.There were amazing night clubs.Other day we rented a small yacht and took a little journey.Sea was very good and sun was shining too.Until the evening we swam and had fun.At night we went to a fish restaurant for eating fish near by the sea.After that we got back to our hotel.We watched animators show but I didn`t like it very much.Other days we got on jet ski marbel for having fun.Days passed very quickly.We had only two days.We didn`t want to go back but all nice things like that some day it would end.Our last two days we enjoyed with animation team.We went clubbing and made water sports.Our last day we phoned our families.We said we wanted to stayed one day more.They gave us permission but our girlfriends didn`t stay with us because of their families so they got back to Bursa.This was the only upsetting thing for our holiday.One day later we got back to bursa.This holiday was very important for me because I was very stressful.We had fun also very enjoyed this holiday with my friends.Kusadasi is a good holiday destination.You can find whatever you want here.

My Place

I went to Safranbolu on this Ramadan Bayram .(Safranbolu is in Karabük) My grandmother lives in this small town.She is alone,because my grandfather died three years ago.I did not want to think that she is alone in Ramadan Bayram.I thought she needs us.This was the first reason.But sure,I had another reasons too.
I love Safranbolu’s atmosphere a lot.Actually,I’m crazy about it.Safranbolu’s houses,mansions,streets,gardens,restaurants are impressing me everytime.Even I love the people in this town.They are friendly,talkative,sympathetic and very social.Maybe,one of my parts is affecting me too.My father was born and had grown in this small town.In this way,we(my parents and me)decided to go.We went by car and carried on driving four hours.We got to Safranbolu at 3 p.m.
My grandmother was very glad to see us.First day, we had a lot of time with her.We talked about everything.She told us what she was generally doing and she refused to live in İstanbul again.In fact,when I was a child I hadn’t understood why she did not want to live with us or my uncle.But now I can understand that.Safranbolu is her only place that she wants to live in.Anyway,,we had a good time.Second day was time to visit old people and neighbours.When we went to Fatma aunt’s house there was a great crowd.Her daughter,grandchildren,grandchildren’s parents were there.They invited
us for a barbecue party.Sure,we didn’t miss this chance.I had a great time with her grandchildren who is very friendly and talkative girls. During the dinner we talked and laughed a lot.However,the third day was my favourite.Third day, we went to my father’s uncle’s house which is a traditional Safranbolu house.I can’t explain its beauty with words.You should see it.There is a huge garden full of vineyards.The house’s door is the biggest and most interesting door I have ever seen.It is opening with a string from the stairs.Isn’t it very extraordinary?But the most glamorous thing is the ceiling in the livingroom.It is made of dark wood and there are wonderful processing on it.My uncle told me that their house is two hundred years old.Then,we began to tour the streets which is full of great cultural houses.I took lots of photographs.While we were walking,we felt the magic.We went to Safranbolu’s bazaars and Cinci Han(it is a kind of hotel now).I should explain it.Actually,I looked around that place in the bazaar.Cinci Han was one of the caravansarays on historical silk road laying from China to Anatolia.Now,it is a hotel but, you can visit it free.You can see the beautiful scenic from the Cinci Han’s top.Otherwise,we looked for chicken.I know it seems funny.But,my grandmother’s second chicken had died and there was only one chicken which is depressed because of loneliness in the coop.We tried to find a chicken seller but there was nobody because of the Ramadan Bayram.Then we got back house.Maybe,my grandmother will find it from a village.
We set out my grandmother’s house at 11p.m.I had fun.I usually go to Safranbolu on holidays.However,I found myself again.This is a very strange emotion.I know well,Safranbolu isn’t just a small town for me.It is my place...

short&fast travelling to the Biggest Village

I decided to stay in Istanbul for this holiday. But first day of holiday, my mother said me, “we’ll go to Konya!” Konya is a city where is my grandmother, uncle and aunt live in there. I asked her “How about Konya? There is no plan to go there.” But she spoke with her sister and they decided to go there with her car. There is no enough seat in car and I was happy when they said this to me. Because I could stay in Istanbul. But my mother said to me, “don’t be sad my son, I bought your bus ticket this morning!” I started to laughing because of angry. But I was forced to go there. Bayrams are very important for our culture so my mother wanted that all family will be together, and also me.

On Monday, my mothers departed from Istanbul at 8 am and my bus was at 22.30. I spent my time with my friend and went to bus station at night. My headway was very fast, because I started to sleep when I sat on my seat and woke up in Konya bus station. Time was 6am. And that day is the first day of Bayram. And I went to my grandma’s house and when she saw me , she was very happy and surprized. Because nobody say anything to her about my travel. Bayrams start with pray so I went to mosque for this, than came back to house. Everybody –grandma, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews- was there and we exchanged our Bayram greetings. Everybody gave gifts to each others. I saw my youngest cousin first time. He is only 1 years old and he has a common thing with me -Our names-.

After celebiration we visited our other relatives. Then I leave from my family. I called Yahya who is from Konya and also my classmate as you know and we met 1 our later. We went to a cafe and played backgammon during drank tea.

I want to tell something about Konya. Mevlana’s Tomb is the symbol of this city and one of the most famous places in Turkey. Millions of domestic and foreign tourists visiting this tomb every year. Every city has famous and traditional foods in Turkey and Konya’s famous food is Etli Ekmek. I can translate it like “meat bread”. It is a deliciosus and unique food. There is an interesting thing in Konya; Turkey is very uneven country, but there is no acclivity in Konya. Only there is a small hill in the city centre which name is Alaaddin Hill.it was made by soldiers about hundreds years ago, it is not natural.

Most of Konya’s peolpe are very interesting and different from Istanbul’s. A family which includes 5 person can get on only a motorbike. They dont think thier healt and security. First 2 days of Bayram, there is no open restaurant in Konya. Second day of Bayram, I wanted to eat Etli Ekmek but I could not find an open restaurant for this. Also the biggest shopping malls closed too in first day. I call Konya to "the biggest village of Turkey". In Bayrams, bread isn’t sold so everybody buy bread before Bayram.

Right now, I am in train and coming back to Istanbul,naturally I am very happy as you guess. I love my city. The most beautiful thing of my travel was to saw my relatives and namesake cousin.

Ali Naci AYDIN (03.10.2007 02.15am)

my funny travel

I was in Ayvalık 3 years ago i guess. I was staying in a pretty good hotel and a group came our hotel. They were young but they look like older than me.

One morning they were playing volleyball in the pool and i saw them. I wanted to join them and i did. We played we talked that was enjoyable. Then we gave our mail adresses. When they went to Poland and i went to İstanbul we sent each other mails. They live in capital city of Poland, Warsav. Other summer i went to Warsav. That was enjoyable flight because little Polish girl was sitting near of me. I love kids and she was demure. I played with her and she slept on my shoulders while i was reading her book :)

When i was at the airport, my friends Natalia and Kasia were waiting for me. They had got a name plate and ‘’our dear friend Hazal from Turkey’’ was written on it. I saw them i run and jumped through their neck. I missed them so much and so did they. Firstly we went to Kasia’s home because we made a deal for staying one week in Kasia’s home the other week Natalia’s home. The house was really big and comfortable. I had got a room and that was clean and i had got everything that i need. Her father and mother were on travel. I told her to not eat pig or something about pig. She was very kind and she told me she knew and she bought everything about chicken.

The next day i was starting a course and my friends were commissioned so that wasn’t hard to going there and back to home. Well.. Finally i started my course. I met many people. Italian, Portuguese, Greek, French, Spanish, Finn, Norwegian.. There were two Greek. One of them boy and the other was girl. We argued with girl. Her name was Kate. She was talking in the classroom and she was talking about their history. The subject came to Turkish history. She was talking unpolitely and giving wrong informations. I was getting angry but i stayed in silence until she called İstanbul as Konstantinapolis. I couldn’t stop myself and i said ‘’ It has been calling İstanbul since 1453 and if you want i can bring back your memory to say who captured the city’’. She was shocked and i was talking fluently for the first time in my life. The teacher stopped us. He warmed Greek girl. It didn’t happen at first day but following that day she came and apologized me.

Kasia introduced me many friends of her. Goldlesh, a lot of person named Piotrek, also a lot of person named Kasia, Turtrek etc. We were really good with Goldlesh. He had come to Ayvalık too. He was very tall and handsome :) By the way i was eating chicken all the time and nearly throw up them. Also i didn’t eat chicken for 1 month when i came back Turkey. Anyway, they took us for tour in the city. I saw something in the shop and i went there. Before i leave them i said them to wait for me but they didn’t or mostly thet didn’t hear. They went and when i leave the store i was shock because nobody was waiting for me. How could it be? I was lost the city that i didn’t know. There were no cabs because all the city has got train stations. There were rarely cars. I didn’t have contour in my cell-phone. I hadn’t took yet so i couldn’t call them. I tried to stay calm down and started to think. They had teached us police station’s place. I sat on the street and started to make a plan of city. I started to guess ‘’where i am and where is police station’’. After that plan i thought i found something and started to walk. Finally i found police station. That was unbelievable for me. I run inside and told them my problem. I asked for using their phone then i called my friends and they took me from police station. That was like a nightmare!!

One day they took us picnic. That was enjoyable but how can i say... I’m really unlucky person. I fall down to lake. It started when Goldlesh was showing lake. The lake was smooth and fascinating. Of course i wanted to touch it but it was hard and he warmed me and again of course i didn’t listen him. I came up through the lake while i was holding weak barrier. The barrier broke and i fall down. I touched lake with all my body. Goldlesh followed me and he jumped to lake. He said that there was a place that we can come up to land easily. We swam there together and started to laugh until we got the land. My friends shocked and they started to laugh too. We went to Kasia’s home with Kasia and i changed my clothes.

Other week i stayed in Natalia’s home. House was the same one with Kasia’s. I broke vase of her grandmother and i burnt food and i fall down from stairs and etc.. She never got angry with me. My friends knew my clumsinneses so they put Goldlesh with me. I was going somewhere and Goldlesh was following me. That was bizarre but then i understood that they were heeding me.

One day i was talking with my brother with my cell phone while we were sitting in a cafe. I have lemonate on my other hand. I was trying to drink it at the same time with talking. Something happened and i dropped my phone into lemonate. Everyone shocked and looked at me. My brother was still talking but he didin’t know my phone was in the lemonate. I took it and try to talk it was sucks!! Goldlesh said ‘’ It’s impossible to protect you!! You are just like a trouble magnetic!!’’ and he was right.

I was trying to talk with my Portuguese friend Cristian. I know a little bit Portuguese and i wanted to improve it. Because of i didn’t know language very well i said something bad to him but i didn’t want to say that. We were talking and our lunch time was same. I wanted to go lunch with him i said that actually i thought i said in that way but suddenly he turned his back and run away from me. I was open-mouthed. Then he told Goldlesh what i said. Unless i said Cristian to marry me. I laughed all day and went to Cristian and explained myself. He said that ‘’What a pitty!! I was thinking your purpose and i would love to say yes!!’’. I thought it was a joke but it wasn’t. This time i turned back and run away from him.

Poland is a quite country. They have train everywhere and they don’t use cars much. There was no traffic so you can’t be late if you weren’t wake up late. The city was completely different from İstanbul but it didn’t have any beauty like here.

Well.. I told some adventures of my journey but i’ve many of them :) I hope you are enjoy with reading them.

I'm sorry that i couldn't make past tense words underline and i try to make many of them thick and italic. I also used past continuous and past perfect tense.

Hazal TEMELLİ // S000169

I welcomed heart of the Mediterranean

I think my best trip wasMalta, in my life. I went to Malta when I graduated from high school. Actually, I waited to go to Malta for five months. During these days, I really hated of my life in these days. Because I had nothing to do. I waited until sun shining. I was just playing games. I was really looking forward to go to Malta. Otherwise, I was going to eat my mind. Then I went to İstanbul to take my visa. I got it and I started to prepare my luggage. Finally, I flew to Malta in former summer. I got to Maltese Airport. There was a great deal of Turkish people. I really shocked. I understood exactly what Turks are everywhere mean. Officials started to check our passports. That was my turn. After that, I gave my documents. Of course, there was one file missing, which was, I have forgotten it in Turkey. I was in detention room for an hour. Polices started to ask me questions! I could not speak English very well. Surely, I could not answer the every single question. Then I filled out some kind of a form. They let me pass through MaltaJ. I collected my luggage. I wanted to set out from airport as soon as possible. However, one person stopped me. I did not want any more trouble. Then he asked me are you Yaya Musta? I answered that yes I am. I was frightened because I did not know who was him? Soon, he introduced himself. He was a driver who sent from my English school to airport. I calmed down. He came to take me to school. He asked that why you came so late? It was embarrassing. I was the last person in the airport. He took me from airport to school. Finally, I saw my school. My all troubles went away. I met with my teachers. My host mother came to school. I met with her as well. In the evening, I went to my host family's home with my host mother. After few days, I really became familiar with Malta. I really look up to my teachers and my host mother. I really get along with them very well. Especially I liked my core teacher so much. We still keep in touch. In addition, my schedule was in Malta, I often woke up at eight. I went to school between nine and three o'clock. After school, I looked around the Malta. I tried to learn what kind of country is.

My English School

Malta was real experience for me. Because I went there alone, I had to learn how to spend money. You have to control yourself alone et cetera. My memorable moment was about pennilessness in Malta. I had just three maltase lira for four days. It means I had to wait until my father sends to money. In this time, I decided to work in a job. I startedto look for a job. Finally, I found a job as a waiter. I waited on the tables but my salary was very good.By the way, my English was improving. I wanted to be part of University of Malta. For my goal, I had to take IELTS examination on 25^th of August. Thanks God. I passed the exam with six. This time university accepted me as a student. Nevertheless, troubles never leave me alone. I had to get back to Turkey. Anyway, Malta was the most important time in my life.

University Of Malta

A TRIP TO BODRUM

I had the best trip in my life in this recent summer. In this trip, I had very significant experiences which will be very useful in the rest of my life with my friends.I improved my relationship with my friends and we get closer than other friends. I had a lot of fun with my friends furthermore we were developing culturel knowledge.

In this recent summer I planned to go to Bodrum with my friends at school. We really wanted this trip and made a plan for it at the begining of the year because we knew that we really enjoy from this trip. We choose to go to Bodrum for a trip because Bodrum is the heart of entertaining in Turkey for summer.Bodrum is in Muğla which has a big seaside. The water of sea is wonderful and also the color of sea is very egzotic. In Bodrum also the colors of every houses are white and it looks very nice .

I set off the trip on July 15th with my friends. At the begining we planned to go on 7th July but we put off the date for 1 week later. We went to Bodrum with a tour bus because there was no more ticket for plane. We had 13 hours to be in Bodrum and we all slept while going to Bodrum. When we arrived to hotel there was a suprise for us. The hotel we came was not the hotel we choose and we talked with our tour agency and called off our reservation in that hotel. We looked up for a new hotel and we finded out that our friends uncle had a hotel in Bodrum and we went there. The hotel we went was very nice and we immediately use up our bags and the holiday was began for us. We had many adventures when we go out. The most funny of them was our benzine finished during the tour. We got a big experience from that. We went out every night and we savour the sea when we were in hotel. We broke off our trip on 22th July and again went back with tour bus and tour agency gave back our money for the mistake but it took too much time!

Despite everything the trip was wonderful for me and my friends and this was the best trip in my life baceuse we had adventures,entertainments and too much experiences..This trip makes Bodrum special for me and my friends in whole my life.

GÖKTUĞ ERTEM

Best Travel of My Life

BEST TRAVEL OF MY LİFE

I think that travelling is very important for me, because I can learn a lot of new things , cultures and gain experience . About my best travel it’s really easy to choose best of them.

My Vienna trip was the best. It was very special for me , because this trip has a romantic story.I want to tell you about this story .

I have a relationship with Berrak for 1.5 years.Her big brother lives in Vienna with his girlfriend.Last year in November Berrak said to me that , she will be in Vienna with her big brother in December and will turn back in 1st Januar. I was very sad about this news, because her birthday is 28. December , so we wouldnt be together at her birthday and at christmas, so I had to do something about that.

Firstly I had to find a hotel , buy ticket and take a visa to Austria.It wasnt easy... Easiest part was to buy ticket. I bought a ticket for 25 december Istanbul to Vienna. Visa was the middle difficulty. Hardest part was to find a hotel on christmas week in Vienna... All hotels from 2 stars to 5 stars was reserved for people.I couldnt find any hotel in Vienna . What did I ? I found a student hostel . It was outside of Vienna (near the last metro station). I told them about my suprise plan and reserved a room for me . It was the last room of this hostel. =))

In 25. September was Berrak in Graz with her big brother and his girlfriend.At 2 pm I was in Vienna and called her.. I said that ‘’I’m in Vienna beyb’’ . =)) They came after 4 hours from arriving in Vienna.And my trip started...

At 7pm in 25.September me and Berrak was in a coffee home near Stephansdom, which is the biggest cathedral and religious symbol of Europe.

At her Birthday we were in an old Wine Cellar. This Wine Cellar was build in 1300 ‘s , It was very old and good. There was a little orchestra (3 mens).During birthday they played some Turkish sounds as a suprise . After that suprise we asked them ‘’ From where do you know this sounds’’.They answered us in a different way .They started to play Russian sounds and said that they are Russians.

At the new year’s day we were in Rathaus Platz , which is the biggest court in Vienna.We drunk lots of champagnes.Then we were very drunk..

This trip was really important to me and Berrak because of this story.I didnt get new skills , explore new places and learn a new language. But it was very good and funny.I broaded my horizons . =) So Vienna Trip was the best....