Day 11: Izmir

Zeynep left to return to home and work today. I tremendously appreciated her on this trip. Not only is she a great friend, but also our interface to Turkish language and culture.

Izmir looks like a fairly typical large & dense city. Most buildings (especially residential) are eight stories high and packed one after each other. Traffic is thick and less orderly relative to Canada but still very manageable when on foot. The streets were very clean, and felt safe as we walked around at night.

Still, by the time we were on the streets of Izmir I felt pretty drained. It’s been almost two weeks of new places, languages, foods, and cultural practices. It’s all been good, fun, and flavourful, but it still takes energy to ingest everything. Fortunately Sarah is a very accommodating partner, and we have been travelling well together.