I woke up in the morning again like usuall and had a hearty breakfast with Barisch and his family.
We had decided a few days ago to go to Sakarya to visit Ertugul’s sick grandmother who is in the hospital. We informed the school that we want to leave for Sakarya, and they gave us off for the rest of the day so we could leave as early as possible. So we left at 8:00 am and met up with Ertugul and his fostet brother by the bus station. Alpcan, Ertuguls foster brother didn’t come along , because he thaught that too many people wouldn’t suit well with Ertugul grandmother.
We left at 09:00 am with the bus for Istanbul. The journey took 2:15 hours. As soon as we arrived in Istanbul we bought the tickets for Sakarya. We grabed a quick bize at a food stall to pass the time. We left Istanbul at 12:15 and arrived in Adapazar at 15:25. The drive was long and boring even with someone to talk too (Ertugul, Barisch).
We looked around in the city didn’t dislike the way it looked, since it was similar to Tekirdag. We walked around got ourself’s some fingerfood chick kofta (spicy minced meat in a wrap with a black sauce) afterward we went to Burgerking for lunch.
We took the bus to Hendek where Ertuguls family lived, it took us 0:30 min to arrive there. We are currently staying at Ertugul aunt’s house, since they were nice enough to invite us to stay.
Ertuguls family made an nice expression and welcomed us with open hands. We talked quiet long, about why we are here, how do I like Turkey, do I like Sakarya etc. Communication was possible thanks to Ertugul since they didn’t speak english. We were offered food even though we told them that we ate already and were stuffed. We still had to eat a littel because it would be considered rude, after that we resumed talking.
After talking, Ertugul’s cousins took us to an Arcade where you can bowl as well. We bowled twice and both times I was first, Barish second , Ertugul’s cousin third, and Ertugul dead last.
After that we went around and came back home we talked a bit again and left to get some rest.
I personaly like this city since it has an canal somewhat similar to the once in Italy, where people in the summer even ride gondola in a certain section in the canal. The city is small and rather easy to move around in and everthing is nearby like shops, banks, hotels etc.