{"id":4537,"date":"2015-06-24T13:46:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T13:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=4537"},"modified":"2015-06-24T13:46:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T13:46:39","slug":"traveling-around-istanbul-turkey-the-life-of-an-international-school-teacher-is-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/traveling-around-istanbul-turkey-the-life-of-an-international-school-teacher-is-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling Around: Istanbul, Turkey (The life of an international school teacher is good!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traveling Around:\u00a0Istanbul, Turkey<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Can you relate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Walking around in a non-tourist area and using the GPS on our phone to navigate the hilly streets and alleys and at times the uneven sidewalks and roads.
\n\u2022 Trying to fit\/blend in while also observing the locals at the same time, then having a local walk by and say “hello” to us (we didn’t pass for Turkish I guess.)
\n\u2022 Thinking you are the well-experienced traveler, and yet getting easily ripped off or conned by a local salesman.
\n\u2022 Tasting the local ice cream and finding out it is quite different from the ice cream you are used to.
\n\u2022 Realizing that there are people everywhere in this city, way bigger than the city you are currently living in.
\n\u2022 Wanting to finally try (after visiting Istanbul three times) a simit and finding out it tasted\u00a0very good!
\n\u2022 Going out to eat at a variety of places in the city, some super cheap and really good and some super expensive and not so good tasting.
\n\u2022 Finding stray cats EVERYWHERE! There were cute ones, but some really looked like they needed some tender loving care.
\n\u2022 Taking a second look when running into restaurants and stores that you thought would never be in Istanbul (Shake Shack, Arby’s, etc.)
\n\u2022 Lucking out and having the best weather possible for our visit. The rain and clouds ended just as we arrive and came back just as we left.
\n\u2022 Being amazed at not just the Blue Mosque, but ALL the many mosques around the city; all works of art and just beautiful!
\n\u2022 Walking next to the Blue Mosque at just the right time for when Iftar was happening. There were local bands playing songs and tons of people all around eating donated food. Wonderful community feeling!
\n\u2022 Eating at a really local place and not being able to communicate at all because both parties didn’t know\u00a0each others’ languages. Showing kindness and giving kind gestures created, though, a wonderful cultural exchange.
\n\u2022 Finding some fruit in a local green market that we had never seen before, and the store owner giving us one to try. Actually, in many stores the people were so generous by giving us free samples.
\n\u2022 Taking a boat down the Bosphorus River and enjoying the wonderful sea breeze and sunshine on such a beautiful day.
\n\u2022 Arriving in a small town realizing that it was a complete tourist trap!
\n\u2022 Seeing some locals protesting some issue from their boats in the Bosphorus, wishing we knew what they were protesting about.
\n\u2022 Feeling happy by supporting the local businesses and the businesses that are trying to support local people in their work by paying them an honest wage.<\/p>\n

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Currently we have 14<\/b>\u00a0international schools listed in Istanbul, Turkey\u00a0on\u00a0International School Community<\/a>. Here are a few of them that have had comments submitted on them:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Enka Schools (Istanbul) <\/a>(Istanbul, Turkey)<\/span> – 13 Comments
\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Hisar School <\/a>(Istanbul, Turkey)<\/span> – 17 Comments
\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Istanbul International Community School <\/a>(Istanbul, Turkey)<\/span> – 12 Comments
\n\u2022 \u00a0<\/strong>ISTEK Schools, Istanbul <\/a>(Istanbul, Turkey)<\/span> – 8 Comments<\/strong>
\n\u2022 \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Koc School Istanbul <\/a>(Istanbul, Turkey)<\/span> – 10 Comments
\n\u2022 \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Kultur 2000 Koleji <\/a>(Istanbul, Turkey)<\/span> – 27 Comments
\n\u2022 \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>MEF International School Istanbul <\/a>(Istanbul, Turkey)<\/span> – 43 Comments
\n\u2022 \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Robert College of Istanbul <\/a>(Istanbul, Turkey)<\/span> – 19 Comments
\n\u2022 \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>TED Istanbul College <\/a>(Istanbul, Turkey)<\/span> – 17 Comments
\n\u2022 \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>The British International School – Istanbul <\/a>(Istanbul, Turkey)<\/span> – 9 Comments
\n\u2022 \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Uskudar American Academy & Sev Elementary <\/a>(Istanbul, Turkey)<\/span> – 15 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are on a trip\u00a0right now, away from your host country, write to us at\u00a0admin@internationalschoolcommunity.com<\/a>\u00a0with your “Can you relate?” traveling experiences.\u00a0 Tell us where you are traveling in the world, what you are seeing and how you are coping with any culture shock.\u00a0 Once your Traveling Around\u00a0experience\u00a0is posted\u00a0on our blog, International School Community will give you\u00a06 free months of premium membership!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Traveling Around:\u00a0Istanbul, Turkey Can you relate? \u2022\u00a0Walking around in a non-tourist area and using the GPS on our phone to navigate the hilly streets and alleys and at times the uneven sidewalks and roads. \u2022 Trying to fit\/blend in while also observing the locals at the same time, then having a local walk by and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[50],"tags":[457,42,2126,30,32,2123,1286,58,2026,1550,152,2124,287,603,2125,1214],"class_list":["post-4537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traveling-around","tag-comments-and-information","tag-expat-life","tag-hisar-school","tag-international-school-community","tag-international-schools","tag-international-schools-in-istanbul","tag-international-teacher-life","tag-international-teachers","tag-istanbul-international-community-school","tag-mef-international-school-istanbul","tag-teachers","tag-teaching-in-istanbul","tag-traveling","tag-traveling-around-2","tag-traveling-around-istanbul","tag-traveling-experiences"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_2336.jpg?fit=600%2C399&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2flVT-1bb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1597,"url":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/survey-results-are-in-which-international-school-teacher-conference-do-you-prefer-to-go-to\/","url_meta":{"origin":4537,"position":0},"title":"Survey results are in: Which international school teacher conference do you prefer to go to?","author":"ISCommunity","date":"January 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0survey results\u00a0are in, and it seems as if most visitors and members of\u00a0International School Community\u00a0who voted have had the most success at IB conferences. 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