Winter has arrived

We’ve been talking about the approaching winter for awhile and we had a nice few weeks but it has arrived.  No snow but it’s in the forecast.  With the weather change comes a reduction in our blog postings due to a lack of new and interesting topics.  Those of you who check us regularly please keep checking in occasionally  but we probably will reduce (not stop) our postings until we experience some new and different cultural events that we think will entertain you.  Ibrahim is generous with his time and is still teaching us Turkish and we are spending more time on Netflix and Hulu where we watch current American TV shows.  We get to these sites through our VPN hook up.  A somewhat interesting tidbit is that sometimes the video streaming happens perfectly and it’s like watching a show on TV; however, at other times the streaming gets interrupted every few minutes.  There doesn’t seem to be any particular pattern to when it will work or when it doesn’t.  The fallback is our favorite DVD store where we can get almost any movie for 2.50 Turkish Lira which is about $1.75.  Please stay in touch with e-mail.   It’s always good to catch up on news from our friends.