merhaba from Turkey

Since our last post, we have been lost in Venice, spent the day in Sophia and landed in Izmir, Turkey. We have been in Izmir for the last three days and tomorrow we fly from Istanbul to Helsinki, which feels a little like going home. We spent most of our time on the Aegean sea. The first day, we saw the world cup of windsurfing which was amazing, cut our feet on a reef and i stepped on a sea Urchin, i still some spines left in my foot to prove it. The next day we went on a little regional cruise and spent all day listening to really loud Turkish music, dancing, diving off the boat, and exploring small islands in the Aegean. Then last night we ate real Kebab which blew me away, and some Turkish coffee that beats Italian coffee by a mile (sorry dad). Anyway, i hope all is well at home. talk to you soon,
Aaron and Mark

ciao from Italy

Here i am in Italy. Yesterday we traveled for a major part of the day to get to a small mountain town near lake Garda. We met up with another Rotary exchange student (Lori), and were invited to stay at her families family home in the mountains (gorgeous). After an awesome Italian where i had the most amazing fresh mozzarella, we went to a festival in a city near the house. We met up with two of Lori's really beautiful friends and went to an Abba tribute concert, which was hilarious. Anyway, now we are in Garda at an international sailing regatta and i just met up with Louis Padnos, who i was very excited see, and we are gonna chill here for the next couple and then off Serbia. 

Talk  to you all later 

Love, 

Aaron