Dilara The Explorer

Today, I woke up and decided to take a walk along River Aura! I had wanted to take a walk along there for a while now so it was the perfect day…except the fact that it was raining.I did hesitate while going to the city center but as soon as I hopped off the bus and put on my headphones,my hesitation faded away.Fresh air, people are out with their children walking along the river, dogs are playing around, it was like a sunny day. I started walking from the cathederal until I saw the Forum Marinum and it was a very long journey but an enjoyable one! I would like to start off with the amazing River. It just feels so good to walk by and watch the water pass. I felt refreshed. I also loved to examine the ships used as restaurants, they look very interesting. I just loved the whole vibe and could see people enjoying themselves. I also saw many other things! There was a ship which reminded me of pirates. They all had many different names and made me wonder, did they have a story to tell?

How did this awesome journey start? First of all,when I first decided to go on a exchange adventure,I must say that I didn't really think of it as such a great deal.I research a lot,so as my days approached and I decided that Finland was a great place to go and found my school was in Turku,I was extremely excited.''Why?'' you may ask.Well because I love candy! Joke aside,I believed that Finland had a great education system and a lot of snow (which I love cause I absolutely love skiing!) so I decided ''Why not?''. I guess I really didn't see that I was going to leave my family behind for five months and travel to another country that I had never been to before to study there.I mean,I was planning on going to Finland later on in my life but I wasn't expecting it to be this quick! I was sent off from Istanbul Airport and around 3,5 hours,touchdown! I realized on the plane that now,I was all alone in a different country.So I picked up m