Here are some more photos of Tarsus I took when walking home from school the other day...Cleopatra's Gate, and a local tea house.

Cleopatra's Gate

Met some of the kinder and first graders on Thursday and Friday when they came for a half day.  Some of them know some English and I took their picture to help me learn their names and also played with them in their homeroom so they could get used to me a little bit.  They are super cute and full of energy.  I think I'm going to have my hands full!

On top of the mountain at Camliyayla

Today the new teachers were taken on a trip up to the mountains outside of Tarsus where the school has a cabin.  We hiked up to the ruins of an old castle in the heat, which had a gorgeous view of the countryside.  As we walked across the top of the mountains, the call to prayer echoed up from the village below soothing us. After we hiked back down, some of the school staff had prepared a wonderful lunch for us with grilled meat, salad, eggplant, cheeses, yogurt, etc,  and we ate out on the veranda overlooking the valley.

The remains of the castle