Wednesday, February 29, 2012

I am getting some culture...

Things have been going really well. I have been running a little more and I actually played some basketball today and the knee doesn't feel bad. The weather definitely plays a part in how much it hurts and it seems to be clicking  some which might be a bad sign. I guess we will just have to wait and see. This past week there was great weather. It was sunny and it actually warmed up some. That was awesome and I was hoping it would last but of course it would not. Tonight at practice it was super cold. I am talking about freezing the shoelaces on my boots. The 30 mph wind that was coming off the Black Sea did not help at all and you at the driving snow that was there for the last 45 minutes or so and it added up to a pretty miserable night. It was fun though. We ride the shuttle back from practice with a bunch of other guys and I really like the time we get to hang out with them. We had a great time hanging out with some of the guys this past weekend. We went to an exhibit of Rembrandt and other Dutch artists at the Sabanci Museum. Then we spent all day saturday with some guys. We ate the most incredible Turkish breakfast and then they showed us around the city. We ate at a famous Baklava place and then watched the Galatasaray game. It was the first full soccer game that I have ever watched and it was incredibly intense. I can not wait to go to a game soon. Below are some pictures from Bebeck and the Rembrandt exhibit.

Bebeck
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 the exhibit









 Jacob stealing the blessing




 The next two are Rembrandts


 The next four are Rembrandts

















 The next three are done in pen