turkeytime2011: Out at 11 in at 7

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I've been crazy since last Thursday. Ok so I went out a TON over the weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) I'm boring at home compared to here. I feel like a crazy weekend is like one night out...well not really but last semester was so rough with school and working that I was def more of a hermit. But nightlife here is INSANE! Every night my friends and I have just pregamed at someones apartment and then headed to Taksim (where all the bars are)it's cool because its a district in Istanbul strictly filled with bars, restaurants, and hostels. All my nights are blending together but I've had so much fun here! I've also been very good about not drinking too much. Anyway we usually just to Taksim and wander until we find a bar(s) that we want to go into. Ok so highlights of the nights out...Friday we met a Turkish girl Sema who knows a Turkish rock band that's famous here so we met them after their concert and partied with them?!?!??!?! Idk. That was our real first night out but I didn't have a phone/watch and had no idea what time it was but I was really tired so me and Tessa cabbed it back home. I didn't think it was that late because a lot of people were still out but when I turned on my computer at home it was 5am!!! There is no last call here ahh I'm not prepared to party like a Turk yet! Saturday night was more chill, meaning I got home at 3 haha. But we went to a club with live music, the cover band played Justin Timberlake!! I got so excited I almost peed my pants! Also being an American/foreign girl here is very helpful in terms of going out. My friends and I didn't have to pay cover anywhere and even got waved in front of lines at some places. Sorry to the Turkish girls who yelled no fair...come to America? They'll like you more than me there! Sunday was the ESN (Exchange Student Network) 's Traffic Light before Valentine's Day party. Like wear Green if you're single, yellow if you may be looking, and red if you're taken. I was skeptical usually club sponsored parties are so so but it was so fun! I had a really good time and of course was shamed the next morning by the pictures on facebook but whatever! Here's a few pics to keep you entertained!