@brittarnhild
Sude Konak hotel is situated close to Gülhane Park. Spending a week with a group means that I am hungry not only for food, drinks and sleep, but also for solitude, time for myself, time to sort my thoughts. Gülhane Park turned out to be my sanctuary.
Parrots in the trees, Asik Veysel´s music, a medicinal garden, sun, a warm wind, sweet apple tea. These memories will follow me.
End of August in Turkey is not the best time for flowers, still, Ibn Sina Garden could offer what I needed. Medicine plants are often like that, able to cure your deepest needs.
A tiny, blue flower, an icon painted by God. A tiny, blue flower, an icon set before my eyes to steady my feet, to rest my soul, to give my heart peace.
Apple tea, words, music.
Hoe perfevct they walk hand in hand.
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I am back home. Unpacking, washing clothes, living my blessed every day life.
And all through this a Turkish week plays in my heart.
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Thinking of you is pretty, hopeful,
It is like listening to the most beautiful song
From the most beautiful voice on earth...
But hope is not enough for me any more,
I don't want to listen to songs any more,
I want to sing.
a poem by Asik Veysel
