Istanbul( the jigsaw of all jigsaw puzzles)

Well as most of you knew I said i was going to Istanbul for three weeks .... well Im here now. I must say of all the fun yet strange experiences Ive had this has to be the strangest . Everything is so different ; housing arrangements , driving rules , traditional eating customs , customs ( airport) , cars , and architechture. But overall its very fun, well the driving is a tad bit to much for my heart to handle but i'll manage my translation book is my best friend of all given the language differences between us. But overall if your smart and can read people easily then you'll be ok , if not well then theres a long road ahead of you . The culture shock isnt bad if your interested in new things and adapt fast. But if you dont well....... you know the deal. But anyways my host family are very nice people , but I must say that outside of them well everybody seems to stare at me , I dont maybe its cause Im black or maybe cause im a tourist I dont know...... anways I feel sort of like a museum exhibit lol but its fun anyways. Though it would be nice to know why they are staring. But I digress , so.... the first day here, which is today, i went to an Iceskating rink with tahal and the others ( I dint skate though those Blades make me nervous ^_^ and we're supposed to go to a hockey game today which sounds very fun if i say so myself. Well readers thats all for my day so far ( its 3:40 pm here and probably around nine o'lock your time , okay well hoşça kal ( goodbye my dear frıends)^_^