During the summer of 2013, I spent seven weeks studying abroad in Istanbul, Turkey. It was an amazing experience and I could write an entire novel on everything that happened there. Istanbul opened my eyes to how different and amazing other areas of the world are. While I was there, I really felt accepted into the community, even though I knew almost no Turkish and everyone living there knew almost no English. Nevertheless, I managed to make the most of my time there, learn some amazing things, and seeing some great places. Here is a video that I spent the entire summer filming and putting together. It doesn't even cover one percent of everything I saw, but it's a start! <3