More Ankara Adventures and the Not-Castle of Ankara

Merhaba, readers!

 After our Turkish lessons in the morning, we had a really nice lunch at Boyacizade Konağı, a really beautiful restaurant in the historic section of Ankara. We had a great view of the entire city and, as usual, ate awesome Turkish food. I am going to get so fat in the next nine months.

Hey there, Ankara!

Just getting a little artsy, nbd.

On our way out... so cultural!

My most recent adventures took me to the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara. We all know that museums are frequently awesome, but this was particularly baller. It contains artifacts from as far back as the Paleolithic Age all the way through the Classic Period (I think). It was a real nerdfest, and I loved it.

Don't worry, Indiana Jones, I did your job for you... Turkey had the Holy Grail the whole time!

The museum had twelve reliefs depicting the Epic of Gilgamesh. THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH.  Nerd heaven.

Here's another Epic of Gilgamesh relief for your nerdy enjoyment.

This guys is just super cool looking.

Educational signage! 

A recreation of Çatalhoyük!

After our tour of the museum, a group of us thought we were headed to the famous castle in Ankara. Once we got back to the hotel after this adventure, we were informed that we had not gone to the castle. WHATEVER. Our adventure was still great, even if it was to some sort of eastern refugee camp.

Entering the non-castle.

Just creeping on my buddies!

Being a tourist in all the wrong places.

Eric, our resident mountain goat.

Again, the non-castle... appearing to resemble a castle.

Messing with my camera settings.

Just some random street.

I just liked this building.

Overall, we had a really fun day, even if we didn't make it to our intended destination. Tomorrow we'll be heading to the Ambassador's... hopefully we make it to the right embassy! (Just kidding, we totally will. We have the address this time.)