Readjusting

Our flight home was OK, not great but not as bad as I feared.  Nehir cried after saying good-bye to Derya and told me he didn't want to miss her.  Later he told me he wished there could be two of him so one could live in each country.  I feel bad that the separations are hard on him, but I think overall this is a good experience.  When we got back to Turkey and were driving home he told me the city looked "festy" which he explained means it looks like a festival.  He likes Istanbul and is looking forward to seeing his friends and teachers.

We arrived back in Istanbul late last night, and got back to the appartment at 11:30 or so.  After feeding the kids left over snack food from the flight, we read Harry Potter and went to sleep.  12 hours later we woke up feeling disoriented and hungry.  I got the kids dressed and we took a cab to a local Pide restaurant (pide is thin bread with different toppings cooked on it).  Nehir ate Iskendar (thin meat with bread, tomato sauce, butter sauce and yoghurt) and meat pide, while Taylan and I split a cheese and spinach pide.  Both boys ate copious amounts which was good because neither had had a decent meal in a long time.  Both boys seem to loose their appetite while traveling.  The weather was nice so after breakfast or lunch or whatever meal it was, we went to the park in Ortakoy.  Taylan had a great time but Nehir was feeling pretty draggy.  After playing Nehir and Taylan split a waffle for desert and by then Nehir was so full he could hardly walk.  We had to go grocery shopping, however, so we walked up the road with Nehir moaning and leaning on the stroller.  After a short walk he was feeling a bit better so we got the grocery shopping done and took a cab back to the house.  

Nehir will go back to school tomorrow, poor thing is going to be so jet-lagged.  He is looking forward to seeing his pals.  I will take Taylan on a walk and maybe go to the park.  So life is mostly back to normal.