I met with Asena again during the lunch hour at CIES. We brought our lunch and sat in one of the classrooms with a couple of her friends. She had been feeling a little homesick for Istanbul. She thinks Tallahassee is too small and there is not as many things to do as there is in Istanbul. We also talked about how much easier it is to travel and visit other places when you are in other parts of the world. They felt that travel is much harder to do in the United States.
I answered a lot of questions regarding things to do in the area. I told them about Wakulla Springs, Vortex Springs, a few of the state parks and some of the other larger cities that are close enough to visit over a weekend.
You may also want to recommend FSU Outdoor Pursuits. Tally is lovely if you have a car, but it can be great a big culture shock coming from such a metropolitan city like Istanbul that never sleeps. She needs to find her rhythm here.
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