International status

Going to pick up my temporary residence permit for living in Turkey today! Now I will be able to leave and re-enter the country as much as I want within the next six months. This is good news seeing as I already booked a long weekend trip to Prague and Budapest for next weekend! Also we are in the process of nailing down our spring break plans. We get 10 days off (plus Thursday night for Travel) and I want to spend it in Italy, trekking via train all the way from the top to the bottom, (hopefully with a couple beach days thrown in there too). My friend Caroline and I both have connects in Rome so we will be spending the most time in that city being guided around by some "locals." But first we will fly into Florence and explore there, and after Rome we will journey to Naples for a few days. Hopefully these Italy plans pan out soon! Also, I am trying to plan a trip to Cyrus or Greece with some of my new Turkish friends because as long as the travel involves some intermingling between exchange students and Turkish students we can apply for a grant from the school to cover some of our travel costs seeing as it would be an "intercultural experience."