Hauled the whole family on a walk to Armada. The weather was sunny and beautiful, and not too cold so it was a good day for a walk. We did the usual rounds of cell phone card/minutes at Turk Cell, books at Remzi Kitabevi, and groceries at Carrefour, plus added in a McD's trip for some Kung Fu Panda Happy Meal figures (How many times have I seen this movie now? Sometimes even twice per day in the last week while Aeden was sick!) and got Lacey's boots fixed at the shoe repair store (she lost a buckle earlier this week). On the walk there an older man came up to us and started to point and gesture at Aeden (who was asleep in his stroller), and then he reached down and pulled Aeden's blanket up over his face and sent us on our way. They are so serious about keeping kids bundled up here!
We had dinner at Paul and Becky's and met another American expat who has been here for a few years. He is from the Bay Area. Becky made some excellent home-cooked lasagna: I ate mine, then Aeden's, then Maren's...
We watched Saving Private Ryan projected on the wall over at Paul's. I had never watched it before, just heard it playing in the living room while drifting off to sleep at home. The opening scene serves as Brian's example piece for showing off our surround sound system at home, as you can hear the bullets and splashes and screams from all directions once the beach attack starts. I don't need to watch it again, that's for sure--I'll have the pictures still emblazened in my brain.
When Brian got home, the full moon was shining through the skylight at the top of our stairwell. With Lacey as his photographer's assistant to help turn the automatic lights on and off in the hallway, he captured some cool photos:
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