greg from Karsiyaka

[de1amo]

Hi everyone hope your enjoying the Turkish life?
My name is Greg from England originally but now residing in sunny Karsiyaka İzmir with my lovely wife Pinar who is Turkish.
İ have been here for 3 years and i am building a new life-i still have a home back in the uk which we go to for about a month a year.
İ have recently started my own language accademy in Bostanli ksk-Park akademy--apart from English we have a specialist Turkish native who speaks fluent english and teaches turkish to foreign students-last month he worked wonders with a Norwegian student who was fluent in english!!
i love the life here but have yet to learn much Turkish because my wife is fluent and all the people i work with humour me!!-i have a working knowledge of a few other languages but at 47 i am struggling to cram in another.
For fun i like buzzing around the city on my sports bike and chasing after my teenager step daughters life!
We go to eski Foca in the long holidays that teaching affords-its a great life
Thanks for reading this Greg and Pinar xx

 

[JEANNIE]

Hi Greg & Pinar. Nice intro. Glad you have joined this not so little community, it's getting bigger everyday. Have fun.


Jeannie

 

[jewel]

Welcome Greg and Pinar, nice introduction. jewel x

 

[Miss Money Penny]

Hello Greg & Pinar and welcome to TLF.

 

[bebs]

Welcome Greg and Pinar , enjoy the forum.........Bebs

 

[KKOB]

Welcome to the forum. :roundgrin

 

[jandj]

Welcome Greg. We live in Yeni Foca for 6 months of the year, and often visit Eski. On market day there is a group of people who meet up near the marina, for a beer or two. Maybe you'd like to come along next summer. This lucky, and lovely group live in Eski and Yeni all year round.

 

[Yalides]

Welcome from Des and Diane in Gumuskaya.

 

[Alanya_Marc]

Hi Greg, a wellcome from me to. I remember Karsiyaka from a long time ago. We used to take the ferry from Konak to have dinner at one of the seaside restaurants when staying in Izmir. It was a very pleasant place at the time. Hope you enjoy the forum.

 

[carolk]

Hello to you both and, a warm welcome.

 

[teosgirl]

Hi Greg, I live near Izmir, though the opposite direction to you.

A quick question, did your wife ever attend a TEFL language course at the Economic unviersity via the british council?

Hope you enjoy the forum as much as I am,

Charlotte

 

[Tess]

Hi Greg and Pinar, lovely to have you aboard, welcome to the Forum, lovely intro and I look forward to your posts.

 

[alison09400]

Hi Greg & Pinar...welcome to TLF!!

 

[giglets]

Welcome Greg and Pinar.

Hope to hear more from you, regarding everyday life in that beautiful part of the world.



Dave

 

[tinkycarol]

Hi Greg & Pinar, welcome to TLF. Nice to read your intro - glad your new life is working out for you. Carol

 

[nomaderol]

Welcome. In old days, Karsiyaka was known as gypsy part of Izmir. But, it has changed a lot.

 

[Harem]

A warm welcome to the forum from me.

 

[ChrisBobs]

Welcome Greg and Pinar
nice to hear of your life in Izmir , and hope you can keep us up with Izmir news and tips too!
Enjoy the forum
Cheers
Chris in Bodrum

 

[de1amo]

thanks chris--Life in Karsiyaka İzmir i sense is very different from yours in Bodrum! Karsiyaka where i live has no touriists or beaches but it is close to the sea!-the air is dry and at this time of year quite crisp with last nights low being about 3c -37 in old money-we have gas in the city and we have just had a combi installed and we are bathing in the warmth!--in summer it is incredibly hot going up to about 45c average and again very dry--most of the people in Karsiyaka have second homes in places like Foca and cesme--although the turks consider flat prices high in Karsiyaka i see it as a steal! the price norm is 10k tl per m2--175 m2 now costs 175000--i bought my place in 2006 and paid 148000 for 175m2--places are big!-its an appartment 1 block from the sea-it has parking and a vegetable plot of a garden plus storage-i am gradually improving it!-it was built 23 years ago.
Anyway please tell me more about the life in Bodrum--i went to gumbet for a week in 2007 and had a good time in a turkish 4 star-i was the only brit!
Greg

 

[de1amo]

Hi Charlotte- many thanks for the reply

-my wife did her teaching degree and studies at ege university-she plans to do a celta or tefl this year in the uk-İ come from Bournemouth where there are many tefl courses and a certificate issued in the uk seems to have a better credence--she has looked at a course at the the ege uni -the celta course is run at the economics dept and is year round--we go to bournemouth every summer to have a change of scene and winter is no good because she is working hard- so bournemouth it is!

Anyway tell me more about the time and life of Teos-i have been there-it reminds me of eski foca where i have a let!--speak soon i hope Greg