Today we went to Asia.
(British) Michael was giving a talk about the new TOEFL courses which will be starting soon, so Michael, Charlotte, Peter and I caught the sea bus across to the Kadıköy (in Asia) branch of our company.
This big 'cat' is one of those brilliant sea buses that runs between Europe and Asia. They are fast and quiet and smooth - just a slight roll when you get out into the sea of Marmara - and they are made in Western Australia.
When we left Europe it was almost sunny, but when we got to Asia twenty minutes later it was cloudy and gloomy. And Charlotte noticed that it smelt like fish. We wondered if all of Asia smelt like that.
There were lots of seagulls, and lots of ferries. That big building is the one donated by Germany and now used as a railway station. The ferries run back and forth there - very fast - from Kadıköy.
So we went and had our little meeting. The company wants us to teach the new TOEFL. But they don't want to buy any books for us to use. We have one, between all of us. This is one of the little hassles of marketing versus education in other countries.
Charlotte came back with us to Bakırköy, in Europe. And tonight Stephanie, Charlotte, Peter and I are all going to sit around, eat microwave popcorn, drink sahlep, and watch "Law and Order - Criminal Minds" (start of a new season) on TV together.
"Sahlep" - ? Thick, creamy, sweet, spicy, Turkish drink made from orchid roots. MmmmMmm.
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