The past week was very busy. Every night I was doing something, somewhere with someone.

On Tuesday Ali and Hakan rocked up to the office. Ali was my first Mersin flatmate and I had not seen him since early 2002 when he left for an internship in Atlanta. The US has substantially improved his English. Now even his Turkish has a slight American accent!

It was great to see Ali again. Before he returns to Atlanta I will see him again at Hakan’s wedding and I hope to visit his family in Gaziantep.