The France-Italy World Cup Final in Berlin begins very soon.
Following are photos from the evening Italy kicked Australia out of the round of 16.
So who do I want to win tonight?
France, of course!
Both my and my bosses’ cameras have returned from repairs in Istanbul and after 60 YTL each are now in working order.
On my early morning walk today I saw the following nightclub promotion:
With my limited Turkish, “DANSCI KIZLAR” means “female dancers”. Unless I have completely misunderstood, there is a misspelling in “DRUG QUEEN”.
Some advice to the poster producer: “DRUG QUEEN” and “DRAG QUEEN” have completely different meanings. U should have bought A vowel:
On the same roundabout was the following sign:
“Plant” should be “Paint”, as in: Natural Paint Project. Mistakes like this are common in Turkey. What makes this one notable, though, is the sign subject is a Turkey-European Union joint project.
I received the above postcard from my sister Anna the other week. It features Anna and cousin Rebecca handling a baby crocodile from Cairns, northern Queensland.
The office workers did not believe the girls on the postcard were my relatives. I guess they had not heard of personalised postcards before.
PS: according to my Blogger Dashboard, this post is Joe’s Rambling’s 500th!
Imran and Natraj eating kebab at 2 AM after a visit to Bad-Lik Bar
Tonight, Imran will be on the bus to Izmir, leaving after one year . From Izmir he will fly back home to England. There will be no AIESEC trainees in Adana for the first time I can remember.
On the weekend Imran twice came from Adana to visit. Saturday night we watched the soccer at Orhan’s place and ate tantuni. After teaching a lesson in Adana Sunday morning Imran returned to Mersin in the afternoon for macaroni with Egyptian smoked herring and zucchini in tomato sauce and kunefe with ice cream.
Imran has worked 7 days a week for a year with few breaks, teaching a Microsoft certificate course. Once Imran leaves there will be no one living in the infamous trainee apartment. I’m glad I don’t have to clean it up!
I probably should write a separate post on the trainee apartment.
The AIESEC Adana trainee apartment whiteboard. Click on the picture for a larger version and read several generations of Adana trainees’ comments.
I wish Imran the best back in the UK and congratulate him for making it through his traineeship.
My favourite band, Pearl Jam, will be touring Europe this autumn. In September I will see them in Bern, Switzerland and Bologna, Verona and Milan, Italy. 4 concerts in 5 nights!
I have my flights booked and tickets purchased. I can’t wait. As an added bonus, my cousin, Graeme, currently in Geneva doing post-doctoral research, will join me for the tour. I also hope to catch up with Karin, Julia, Chris and maybe even Bill if he makes the journey from The Netherlands.
My schedule:
12 Sep 05:30: Arrive to Basel, Switzerland
13 Sep: Pearl Jam concert, Bern, Switzerland
14 Sep: Pearl Jam concert, Bologna, Italy
16 Sep: Pearl Jam concert, Verona, Italy
17 Sep: Pearl Jam concert, Milan, Italy
18 Sep 22:20 Depart from Basel, Switzerland
Verona’s venue is an ancient Roman colloseum. I’m particularly looking forward to that concert, although it is the only one I don’t have Fan Club tickets for.
Between Istanbul and Basel I will fly EasyJet. They have just started flying between Sabiha Gokcen Airport on Istanbul’s Asian side to Basel and London Luton. My return Istanbul-Basel flight cost 157 EUR in total, including taxes and a 5% credit card charge.
A few Pearl Jam links:
The Sky I Scrape fan site
Official website
Official Tour website
Cool Europe Tour Map
I Got Bugs tour page
Italian Concert Venues
UPDATE: I have posted my best photos from Pearl Jam’s concerts in Bern and Bologna
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