09 saying goodbye and meeting new people
Saying goodbye and meeting new people went hand in hand the first week in Istanbul and Eskisehir. Once you go abroad to travel or study you truly come across the most interesting people. In one hand we’ve met new people from all over Europe and beyond. You go out with each other, having fun, but on the other hand we have to say goodbye when you leave a certain place or someone yourself, or when someone else leaves.
In this case scenario we had to say goodbye to Pinar Celik, our special Turkish friend who’s been our friend for about 6 months now. She’s going back to Holland for another 6 months today, on the 8th of February.
With a group of friends of Fiko and Pinar we went to Varuna Gegzin, a great place! It’s a backpackers café. They don’t serve alcohol here, just coffee, thea, hot chocolate et cetera. The place is filled with photos from all around the world, Lonely Planet guides and other books, and lots and lots of travellers (and lots and lots of locals as well) having a good time playing a game of chess or backgammon, studying or just reading a (Lonely Planet) book. The place is actually run by people who do tours all around the world.
It was the perfect place to say goodbye to Pinar, since we all love to travel. But it wasn’t a real goodbye because we made a pact that someday we’ll meet again. Everyone left a message on the video camera for Pinar. She’ll be taking the tape to Holland.
After this we went back to Fiko’s house to celebrate her boyfriends birthday. It was a surprise for him. We had some cake and beer and after a while Pinar and her boyfriend had to leave to visit her boyfriends sister and husband. Pinar asked us to come with them, for one last time. We went to a beautiful house with an interior of a (very modern) Japanese styled house. After a cup of kavhe we talked a little and we learned that the sister of Pinar’s boyfriend and her husband were having a architect bureau (this explains there beautiful house). We got there card and they let us know they needed a website for there company. We told them we’d stay in touch before we left. You can get assignments anywhere in Turkey!
Pinar and her boyfriend walked with us in the direction of our guesthouse (we were still staying there at that time) and halfway there they had to go in to another direction. This time we truly had to say goodbye to them. Afterwards we didn’t really knew what we felt. Pinar was actually going back to Holland for another 6 months. We’d miss her a lot. She didn’t want to go, but she also knew that once she’s there everything would be alright soon after it.
Pinar, we all hope you will have a great next 6 months in Holland, having fun at the NHL and making many new friends over there. Don’t worry, be happy. Seni yakinda tekrar gormeyi umit ediyorum, dostum. Goodbye, until we meet again ;)
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