Wednesday, February 4

Brian, Aeden, and I took a dolmus to Kizilay/Guven Park to wander Kizilay on a weekday. Once again it was a disappointing wandering, even though it wasn't overly crowded. We didn't find a watch battery, the bookstore didn't have any interesting books in English (though I did finally find another Ankara map), and the wandering was kind of lackluster. So we headed toward the Ethnographic Museum for a visit. But we got there right at noon when they were closing for the lunch hour. So...we walked all the way back to Guven Park to catch a dolmus (I know how to get home from there), and ended up going to Armada to check for a watch battery, with still no luck. Walked over the pedestrian bridge to a big computer and electronics store, still no luck. Grabbed a cab and dropped off Brian and Aeden so I could go up to Oasis for conferences with Lacey's teacher and Maren's teacher. Oh my, was I tired by the time I walked home after the conferences!