Eleanor and I have recently moved into a new apartment! Our previous apartment was in a pretty characterless part of the city, had a closet kitchen, and - to be blunt - a poop smell coming out of the pipes in the bathroom's sink, shower, and toilet. We didn't want to deal with moving while we were doing our CELTA, which is finished! So now that that's over moving was a high priority.
Our new place is a shared living situation. We have two large rooms to ourselves so we'll still have plenty of privacy, but there is a shared kitchen and two shared bathrooms, and one shared shower. The kitchen is large and we have an oven! We also have a fantastic view of the Galata Tower from the kitchen window (see below). Since it's shared, rent is also cheaper in this apartment - so that means we can save more money for travelling! We have two roomates - a Turkish law student and a Dutch college student, but he's going back to Holland in a few weeks. After him, an Italian architecture student is moving in. We are happy to say that they're both very nice people.
Our neighborhood is also a big improvement over the last one - it's more lively and has a lot of fun places, and not as much motor-vehicle traffic. Plenty of pedestrian traffic, but the roads are too narrow for lots of cars, which is nice!
So yeah, our CELTA is over. We're happy to report that we both received the top mark of "Pass A." Eleanor also got hired at a language school, so we're both employed and earning money. We also had a fabulous, week-long trip to Amsterdam from Dec. 22nd to Dec. 28th. You can see pictures of it on our flickr photostream, and Eleanor promises she'll write a blog post about it soon.
Love to everyone!
-Mike and Eleanor
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