Well, this was the week we had off. I did try to make sure I was off although I must admit that from time to time I did end up thinking about the course and what I could do to improve it. Also I returned to Istanbul a couple of days early so that I could read and comment on all my students' blogs and prepare the week's lessons. I must say that generally reading the blogs it sounds like everyone has a very positive attitude to the semester ahead. That may be because most of the blogs were written immediately prior to the commencement of a week's holiday with their families. Hopefully they will be as enthusiastic when they return to the classroom.
I spent my week off communing with nature. I went to a ski resort - not of course with the intention of skiing but rather enjoying the fresh mountain air and the views. Nevertheless I did get to trek through lots of snow as the first fall of the season had already come - only at high altitude of course. For my first three days the mountains were shrouded in fog and so I could have been anywhere. My world was only a circle of a few meters. Fortunately however after three days the fog lifted and I saw where I was. It was heavenly - especially after three days of gloom. I got lots of exercise as I got to, amongst other things, climb the tallest mountain on the Balkan Peninsula. I got caught out - because there were subzero temperatures and I was trudging through snow quite a lot - I took no precautions against the sun and ended up getting quite burned. I'll be more cautious if I do go on a ski trip.
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