Back in Istanbul

I`m back in Istanbul… After two weeks of being away (check out the itinerary: Istanbul-Belgrade-Munich-San Francisco-Seattle-Chicago-Munich-Belgrade-Istanbul) and missing the greatest celebration ever (Galatasaray became the champion in a Hitchcock kind of an ending)… It was an exciting trip. Really…First I went to Belgrade and had an unforgetable weekend with my friends, family and most importantly …

Mixed feelings – written in the airplane on May 22nd

Oh my god… I just realized how full of different feelings and emotions my life is. particularly at this very moment.So I`m in the airplane, flying from Seattle via Chicago via Munich via Belgrade to Istanbul (Chicago-Munich part at the moment of writing this). My country`s future is being decided as I fly and I …

Istanbul Trainees May 2006

Istanbul Trainees May 2006 Originally uploaded by PeckoPivo. From left to right:Joanna (USA), myself, Magda (Germany), Friedemann (Germany), Niels (The Netherlands), Caro (Colombia), Beth (USA), Nadine (Germany), Shawky (Egypt), Rajtzi (India), Metin (Bulgaria/Turkey – not a trainee) and Orkhan (Azerbaijan). Each of us unique and different, yet we somehow manage to live together in an …

There`s only one Sasa Ilic!!!

galata-ankara1 Originally uploaded by PeckoPivo. Galatasaray – Ankaraspor…full stadium……Galata won 4:0……fantastic atmosphere……Sasa Ilic, my favorite player (was captain of Partizan Belgrade for 7 years), scored twice!!!…one part of the stadium screams “Sasha”……the other one “Ilic”……and I feel goooooooooood… 🙂 galata-ankara4 Originally uploaded by PeckoPivo.